VA Teen Tara King ID’d As Victim In Tuesday MD Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. (THECOUNT) — Tara King, of Woodbridge, Virginia, has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday fatal vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland.

King, 18, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Bethesda Tuesday morning.

According to reports, King was operating a Chevrolet Cobalt on Interstate 495 near MD-355 in Bethesda, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle exited the roadway around 5 a.m. Tuesday. The vehicle then came into contact with an embankment and a tree.

King was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.

A 20-year-old male passenger was transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with possible information about the wreck should contact the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack at 301-424-2101.

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Geo quick facts: Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland, located adjacent to Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 census, the county’s population was 971,777, increasing by 8.1% to an estimated 1,050,688 in 2019 – Wikipedia.