Driver Killed, 2 Others Seriously Injured In Silver Spring Crash

SILVER SPRING, MD — A Silver Spring driver was killed and another driver and a child were seriously injured when a Ford F-150 truck and an Acura RDX collided Friday morning, authorities said.

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police are investigating the collision that resulted in the death of 41-year-old Tyrone Alexander Chappell Jr. of Silver Spring.

About 9:05 a.m., police and Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service personnel were dispatched to the intersection of Good Hope Road and Good Hope Drive for a collision involving a pickup truck and an Acura.

First responders found Chappell in cardiac arrest. Despite life-saving efforts by police and Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service personnel, Chappell was pronounced dead at the scene, a police news release said.

The adult male driver of the Ford pickup truck and a 4-year-old child were taken to an area hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.

The preliminary investigation indicates that while driving westbound, Chappell's Acura crossed the centerline and struck the pickup in the eastbound lane of Good Hope Road, police said.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.