15-04-2025
Police identify woman killed after car crashed into pole in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. () — Montgomery County police have identified after her car crashed Sunday night in Silver Spring.
The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) said responders were sent to the 10400 block of Colesville Rd. near Southwood Ave. at around 10:40 p.m. for reports of a car crashing into a utility pole.
There, they found a black Kia Telluride off the roadway. Police said Osbelia Minh, 34, of Silver Spring, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was the driver and sole occupant of the car.
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A preliminary investigation showed that the Kia was traveling south on Colesville Road when, for reasons still unknown, it left the right side of the road and struck a wooden utility pole.
Minh was not wearing a seatbelt and suffered fatal injuries in the collision, police noted. No other cars were involved in the crash, but multiple witnesses called to report it.
The investigation is ongoing. MCPD urges anyone with information to call 240-773-6620.
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