HYATTSVILLE, Md. – The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Friday in the unincorporated section of Hyattsville. The deceased passenger of one of the involved vehicles is 49-year-old Laura Johnson of Laurel.
On December 19, 2025, at approximately 11:40 am, officers responded to a two-vehicle collision in the area of Annapolis Road and Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a driver was traveling westbound along Annapolis Road when their vehicle, for reasons currently under investigation, struck the vehicle traveling eastbound that the victim was in. The driver, along with a passenger and Johnson, were all transported to a hospital with what were initially considered non-life-threatening injuries. Johnson died at the hospital. The involved driver remained on scene…