Traffic was stalled on Interstate 270 on Saturday morning after a man died in a crash following a brief police chase.
Around 5 a.m., Montgomery County police officers responded to a call about a car parked in the middle lane of the Rockledge Road ramp. Inside was a man who appeared to be intoxicated and had a gun in his lap, authorities said. He drove away, traveling north on the interstate.
Officers pursued the vehicle, which crashed south of Route 28 on I-270. The driver was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. Two adults in another vehicle were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police have not released the name of the man who died. Maryland State Police and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office are investigating the crash.
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