UPDATE 9/1/2023: Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Prince George’s County.
At about 12:10 p.m. on Thursday, troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack responded to a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 North at Powder Mill Road.
According to a preliminary investigation, a tow truck driver stopped to assist the driver of a 2009 Toyota Yaris, which was disabled on the left shoulder of the road.
A third vehicle, a 2016 Toyota Scion iA, driven by Hans Jurgen Gutierrez Samoya, 24, of Laurel, Maryland, sideswiped the vehicles and struck the tow truck driver.
The Scion also struck a 2014 Honda Accord, which then crashed into a tractor trailer.
The tow truck driver, identified as Osama Abdelfattah Marey, 31, of Suitland, Maryland, was declared deceased at the scene by emergency medical services personnel.
The driver of the Honda, a 76-year-old female, was transported to Suburban Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
Samoya remained at the scene.
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration assisted with the road closures at the scene. I-95 was reopened by 4:40 p.m. on Thursday.
Troopers from the College Park Barrack, with assistance from the Crash Team and the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division are conducting the investigation into the crash.
Once their investigation is complete, the findings will be submitted to the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, which will decide whether charges will be filed in this case.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
8/31/2023: Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal four-vehicle crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Prince George’s County.
At about 12:10 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack responded to a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 North at Powder Mill Road.
According to a preliminary investigation, a tow truck driver stopped to assist the driver of a Toyota, whose car became disabled in the left shoulder of the road. While assisting the driver of the Toyota, another motorist sideswiped the disabled vehicle.
The at-fault driver then struck a third vehicle, a Honda Accord, which was then struck by a tractor trailer.
The tow truck driver, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of kin, was struck and declared deceased at the scene by emergency medical services personnel.
The striking vehicle remained at the scene. The driver of the Honda, a 76-year-old female, was transported by ambulance to Suburban Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration assisted at the scene with the road closure, which lasted about five hours. The Maryland State Police Crash Team is leading this investigation.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
