Crime & Safety

Driver Killed In Head-On Crash With Another Vehicle In Upper Marlboro

A woman driving northbound on Largo Center Drive was fatally hit head-on by a second vehicle, according to Prince George's Police.

UPPER MARLBORO, MD — Detectives are investigating a fatal crash that happened Wednesday shortly after 5 p.m.

Prince George's police officers were called to the 500 block of Largo Center Drive for a crash involving two vehicles that happened Oct. 23 at 5:10 p.m. They found driver 57-year-old Monica Wilson of Springdale with critical injuries. She was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital. The second driver involved in the incident suffered injuries not considered life-threatening. Witnesses reported that two passengers in the second vehicle ran from the scene, according to the Prince George's County Police Department.

The preliminary investigation suggests Wilson was traveling northbound on Largo Center Drive and the second vehicle was traveling southbound. For reasons now being investigated, the second driver crossed into the northbound lanes and struck Wilson’s vehicle head-on.

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