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Woman Dies After Collision in Whole Foods Parking Garage

By Patrick Herron
Courtesy MCFRS

Updated to include summary of events by MCPD

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews were dispatched around 5:31 p.m. Monday to the parking garage at 11355 Woodglen Drive in North Bethesda for a reported single-vehicle collision.

Responders arrived to find an adult female driver in cardiac arrest and immediately began life-saving measures.

Despite aggressive medical treatment by firefighters and paramedics, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the vehicle was evaluated but declined transportation to a hospital. Montgomery County Police are investigating the incident.

Summary of events by MCPD: “The following is a brief summary of events regarding a fatal collision that occurred on Monday, June 22, 2026, in a parking garage in the 11300 block of Woodglen Drive in Rockville.

At approximately 5:31 p.m., 2nd District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the location for the report of a single-vehicle collision.
The preliminary investigation has revealed that a Toyota RAV4 struck a cable barricade within the parking garage entrance area for reasons that remain under investigation. The adult female driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead on scene.
An adult male passenger in the Toyota was transported to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating this fatality. A news release will be issued when more information becomes available, including the name of the decedent, following proper notification of next of kin.”

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