Germantown Driver Killed in Saturday Crash

Police said truck ran off Great Seneca Highway

March 3, 2019 4:26 p.m.

A Germantown man was killed early Saturday when his pickup ran off Great Seneca Highway in Rockville and struck a tree at the intersection of Darnestown Road, county police said.

Matthew Dirienzo Klopfer, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4:16 a.m. crash, police said.

Investigators are looking into the cause. Police said the 2013 Ford F-150 went airborne before it hit the tree.

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