This story was updated May 10 at 10:56 a.m. to include the identity of the decedent.
A man died early Tuesday after his vehicle struck a utility pole on Clopper Road in Germantown for “reasons still under investigation,” according to Montgomery County police.
The decedent has been identified as 19-year-old Germantown resident Samuel Isaac Castaneda, according to a May 10 press release from police.
The incident occurred at approximately 12:37 a.m. between Waring Station Road and Game Preserve Road, according to police. Castaneda was traveling northbound on Clopper Road in a silver 2018 Honda CR-V when his car “left the roadway and struck a utility pole,” police wrote in a news release.
Castaneda was pronounced dead on the scene, police said. The department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating and asks anyone with information about the incident to contact detectives at 240-773-6620.