From The Banner · Antonio Planas · · 1m 20s
An 18-year-old's fatal run on the Beltway
A crash on the Capital Beltway turned into a chase on foot and a 50-foot drop off an overpass in Kensington.
In brief
A crash on the Capital Beltway turned into a chase on foot and a 50-foot drop off an overpass in Kensington. A minor collision with no injuries ended with an 18-year-old dead after he ran from his car and jumped from a Beltway overpass. Originally reported by The Banner.
A crash with no injuries
On Sunday around 7 p.m., a Ford Fusion struck a Chevrolet pickup being towed on the outer loop of the Capital Beltway past Georgia Avenue. Nobody was hurt in the collision.
“There were no reported injuries in that collision”
The driver ran
Witnesses told investigators they saw the driver get out and run from the Fusion. Troopers heading to the scene got reports of a man in gray pants, no shirt, moving north toward the Connecticut Avenue exit.
A trooper saw him jump
A trooper watched the 18-year-old climb over the railing of the overpass and drop onto Stoney Brook Drive below.
“A trooper saw the man jump over the railing onto Stoney Brook Drive.”
Fifty feet down
The fall from the railing is roughly 50 feet. The trooper tried life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The drop from the railing is about 50 feet.”
No name released
Maryland State Police said the person who died was male and 18 years old, but did not immediately release his identity.
Still under investigation
State police laid out the sequence in a Monday statement and are still working the case, with no explanation yet for why he ran.
What it means
A minor collision with no injuries ended with an 18-year-old dead after he ran from his car and jumped from a Beltway overpass.
