18-year-old dies after fleeing Montgomery County crash and falling 50 feet

ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — An 18-year-old died Sunday night after running away from the scene of a crash on Interstate 495 in Montgomery County and falling about 50 feet onto a road below, Maryland State Police (MSP) said.

The man, who has not been identified, was driving a blue Ford Fusion when it crashed into an unattended blue Chevrolet pickup truck being towed by a white tow truck shortly after 7 p.m. on the outer loop of I-495 past Georgia Avenue, state police said.

No injuries were reported in the crash.

Witnesses told MSP that the Ford driver got out of his vehicle and ran along the shoulder of I-495 toward Connecticut Avenue. When a trooper arrived, the driver jumped over a railing onto Stoney Brook Drive…

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