MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Cristhian Francisco Trejo Portillo, a 33-year-old from Silver Spring, was identified Monday as the man killed over the weekend after his car crashed into a wooden utility pole, flipping over his SUV.
Montgomery County Police identified said the crash happened near Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road in the Glenmont area. First responders were called to the site at 1:17 a.m. for a report of a single-car crash.
At the scene, authorities determined Portillo was driving his Cadillac Escalade northbound on Georgia Avenue when, for reasons still unknown, he left the roadway and hit a utility pole.
The impact of the crash left the car upside down.
Police said Portillo was pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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