A single-vehicle crash this morning in Montgomery County killed three people, police said, including a 20-year-old university student.
John Hoover, a sophomore at this university, was a passenger in a 2007 Toyota Corolla when the car left the road and struck a tree at about 3:11 a.m. in the 4700 block of Olney Laytonsville Road, according to Tonya Childs, a Montgomery County Police Department spokeswoman.
The cause of the crash is not yet determined, and the investigation is ongoing, Childs said.
Spencer Datt, 18, Derwood, was pronounced dead at the scene, Childs said. Haeley McGuire, 18, Rockville, and Hoover were pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Charles Nardella, 19, Gaithersburg and Kevin Coffay, 20, Rockville, received minor injuries, according to Childs.
Coffay, the car’s driver, fled the scene before police arrived but officers found him three hours after the collision, Childs said. The press release she received did not specify where police found Coffay.
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