Police Search for Cause of Fatal Colesville Crash, Second Wreck Nearby

Updated at 4:20 p.m.

Colesville, MD — Two car crashes Friday morning in the Colesville area -- one of which killed the driver -- were reported within a minute of each other and involved vehicles going off the road.

Montgomery County Police are investigating what caused the mishaps and if they are related collisions.

At 6:55 a.m. and then at 6:56 a.m., authorities received 9-1-1 calls reporting two separate, serious single-vehicle collisions in the same area: the 200 block of Randolph Road and Randolph Road and New Hampshire Avenue.

Investigators say a 2009 Toyota Camry was eastbound in the 200 block of Randolph Road just before Locksley Lane when the car went off the roadway and struck a tree. The Camry came to rest in a residential yard; the adult driver died at the scene.

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At the second accident scene on New Hampshire Avenue, a 2005 Mercury Mountaineer was eastbound on Randolph Road and attempted to turn south onto New Hampshire Avenue when it struck a utility pole. The adult male driver was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police are trying to determine what led to both vehicles veering off the road. Roads in the area reopened Friday afternoon.

The identity of the driver who died will be released once family members have been notified, police said.

Anyone with information about either of these crashes is asked to call police at 240-773-6620.

»Photo of tree trunk scene of fatal crash scene in the 200 block of Randolph Road; photo of street and utility pole at Randolph Road and New Hampshire Avenue that may be related to other crash, courtesy of Montgomery County Police