The
Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating a fatal car crash in
Cottage City, Maryland.
On
May 9, 2013, shortly before 8:00 pm, patrol officers responded to Bladensburg
Road and 37th Place for the report of a car crash. Upon
arrival, patrol officers found an unresponsive 4-year-old child, who was
pronounced dead on the scene. He is identified as Charles Sullivan,
of the 9300 block of Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring.
The
preliminary investigation reveals a Ford Explorer was travelling southbound on
Bladensburg Road when it struck the side of a SUV, which was stopped at the
traffic signal. After the initial collision, the Ford then struck a
second vehicle, which was stopped at the traffic signal in the Northbound lanes
of Bladensburg Road. The Ford then left the roadway, struck two
utility poles, and came to rest in a nearby parking lot. The driver of
the Ford and an additional child passenger were both transported to area hospitals with non-life
threatening injuries. The occupants of the other vehicles were not
injured.
The
investigation into this fatal accident is ongoing. Preliminarily, speed
appears to be a factor.
Anyone with
information about this case is asked to call the Prince George’s County Police
Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at (301) 731-4422.
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