4 People Injured In Fiery Crash In Aspen Hill Area: PD

SILVER SPRING, MD — Four people were injured in a collision that sparked a car fire in Aspen Hill Tuesday night. Montgomery County Police said two patients were taken to the hospital with critical injuries and the others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Around 11:40 p.m., a 2018 Honda CRV traveling northbound on Georgia Avenue rear-ended a 2018 Honda Accord and a 1999 Ford Windstar that were waiting at a red light on Bel Pre Road. Police said that the collision caused the Ford Windstar to catch fire.

An officer conducting a traffic stop nearby heard the collision and saw the car on fire, according to officials. Police said the officer used a fire extinguisher from his patrol car to put out the flames and removed the adult female driver from the vehicle. She was rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police said that the adult female driver of the Honda CRV was also taken to a local hospital with critical injuries. Two other people — the adult female driver of the Honda Accord and an adult male passenger — were also taken to the hospital, but for non-life-threatening injuries.

The collision is still under investigation, according to authorities. They ask anyone with information to call the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.