Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal collision in Poolesville Wednesday after a tractor trailer and car collided near the intersection of Darnestown and Cattail roads, police said Wednesday in a statement.
The collision closed roads in the area including Peach Tree and Darnestown roads as well as Bucklodge and Cattail roads. The roadways were blocked for nearly five hours Wednesday afternoon as the police department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit investigated the incident.
Just after 4:30 p.m., Darnestown Road between Cattail and Bucklodge roads reopened to traffic, the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security said on social media Wednesday afternoon. Drivers should expect residual delays.
Around 11:30, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) personnel and county police responded to the intersection of Darnestown and Cattail roads for a reported two-vehicle collision with entrapment, according to police and MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer.
The collision occurred in a rural area of the county near a handful of farms and the Peachtree Veterinary Clinic.
Upon arrival, the first responders found a gray 2016 Ford Fusion and a red and black Kenworth tractor trailer that collided, the statement said.
A man driving the Ford was trapped in the vehicle after the collision, according to MCFRS Assistant Chief spokesperson David Pazos. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Ford was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver of the tractor trailer declined transport to the hospital, according to Pazos. Police said the tractor trailer driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
More information about the incident, including the identity of the man who died, will be released upon the proper notification of next of kin.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
