Crime & Safety

Single-Car Crash Turns Fatal

Montgomery County Police investigate Saturday night crash on East Gude Drive.

Update, 6:17 a.m.: A 31-year-old Rockville man died Sunday morning after a single-vehicle crash on East Gude Drive, Montgomery County Police reported.

Pablo Alejandro Fontana, of the 800 block of Bowie Road in Rockville, was driving a 2004 Dodge Viper with Virginia tags when it left the roadway, struck a light pole, overturned and struck a tree, police said. The incident occurred about 7:48 p.m. near the intersection with Norbeck Road.

He was taken to Suburban Hospital where he died at 1:01 a.m., police said.

Police do not know why the Viper left the road and detectives from the Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating. A police news release said Fontana's use of a seat belt remains under investigation, and it appears he was not under the influence of alcohol.

Anyone who witnessed this collision to call the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 301-840-2435.  Callers may remain anonymous.

Original post: Montgomery County Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash on Saturday night that sent a driver to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The vehicle crashed into a tree around 7:48 p.m. Saturday near East Gude Drive and Taft Court, a Montgomery County Police spokeswoman said.

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The driver was ejected from the vehicle. There were no other passengers in the car, the spokeswoman said. 

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