Driver Dies in Head on Crash on Clopper Road
At approximately 5:45am, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units were dispatched to Clopper Road and Orchard Hills Drive between Longdraft Drive and W Watkins Mill Rd on Gaithersburg.
Per MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer, the collision involved two sedans and entrapment in one of the vehicles. The male driver of one of the sedans died on the scene and the other driver was taken to the hospital with injuries. The identity of the driver has not been released yet.
Two others involved in the crash were injured and a fire fighter was also injured with non-life threatening injuries.
Per Ready Montgomery: Traffic incident blocks both directions of Clopper Rd (MD-117) between Watkins Mill Rd and Longdraft Rd. Expect significant delays due to crash investigation. Seek alternate route (as of 9:30am Sunday morning).
Information and photo courtesy of Pete Piringer
4/2 Update: Sadly, both occupants of the Toyota did not survive.
Detectives Investigate Fatal Collision in North Potomac
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) are investigating a fatal collision that occurred yesterday evening in North Potomac.
On Saturday, March 28, at approximately 8:29 p.m., 6thDistrict officers and Fire and Rescue personnel responded to Darnestown Road (MD Route 28) at Blackberry Drive for the report of a serious collision that had just occurred.
Preliminary investigation by detectives determined that a 2017 BMW i3 was traveling east on Darnestown Road approaching Blackberry Drive. A 2018 Toyota RAV4 was attempting to turn left from westbound Darnestown Road onto Blackberry Drive. For reasons still under investigation, the BMW i3 and the RAV4 collided on Darnestown Road.
The driver of the Toyota RAV4, identified as Pran Nath Sharma, of Blackberry Drive in North Potomac, was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. The front-seat passenger in the RAV4, identified as Pamela Sharma, age 69, also of Blackberry Drive in North Potomac, was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. She succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
The driver of the BMW i3, identified as Rebecca Thuc Hoang Vo, age 39, of Nashville, Tennessee, did not suffer any serious injuries during this collision.
This collision investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.
