One person is dead and another in the hospital after a crash involving a single vehicle in Hyattsville, Maryland, early on Sunday morning.
Prince George’s County police said the vehicle was traveling south on Riggs Road around 2 a.m. Sunday, when it left the roadway near the intersection with Amherst Road and hit a utility pole, injuring its two occupants.
Both the driver and passenger were transported to a hospital, where the passenger later died of their injuries. The deceased individual’s identity had not been made public as of Sunday morning.
The driver suffered injuries not deemed life-threatening and is expected to recover, .
An investigation into the cause of the crash continues. Southbound lanes of Riggs Road were closed between Avalon Place and Amherst Road overnight, but had reopened by 8 a.m.
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