A woman has died after a single-vehicle crash in Suitland Friday afternoon, and Prince George’s County police say the cause of the wreck remains under investigation. Officers were called to the area of Brooks Drive and Towne Park Road around 1:30 p.m., found the woman injured, and rushed her to a hospital, where she later died.
The crash was first reported by DC News Now, which noted that police have not released the woman’s identity and have not said what led to the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call 301-731-4422.
Brooks Drive functions as a key neighborhood connector in Suitland, linking arterial routes like Silver Hill Road and Pennsylvania Avenue near Drew-Freeman Middle School, according to the Prince George’s County Planning Department. County planning documents have recommended traffic-calming studies for high-accident intersections along that corridor.
A Familiar Pattern for County Crash Investigators
Friday’s crash lands just two days after Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit was sent to investigate a different fatal crash in Bowie, where a fleeing driver struck and killed a 69-year-old woman after running from a traffic stop and crossing double yellow lines, as reported by CBS News. That unit handles all fatal vehicle crashes countywide, and full reconstruction reports typically take about six weeks to complete, per county government procedures…