(Click on the image for Tracee Wilkins' News4 report)
A motorcyclist was killed when he crashed into the back of a car on Indian Head Highway early Wednesday. The crash happened near the intersection with Palmer Road in Fort Washington about 12:30 a.m., Prince George's County police said. The victim has been identified as 38-year-old Russell Lee Jr., of Montgomery Village, police said Wednesday afternoon. According to police, Lee was traveling northbound when he hit the back of a car. Police said it appears that he didn't stop at a red light at Palmer Road, according to a preliminary investigation.
Several people have been killed or injured in crashes along Indian Head Highway in recent weeks:- Last month, two men were killed after one man drove the wrong way in the southbound lanes of Indian Head Highway, crashing head-on into the other man's car near Palmer Road, police say. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
- A few weeks earlier, a Maryland father was killed while driving along the busy road in Accokeek, Maryland. James Hill was on Indian Head Highway, on his way home from work, when a Ford smashed into his minivan at Pine Drive. He died a short time later. Prior to the crash, witnesses told police they saw several drivers speeding and driving recklessly.
- In June, six people were injured when a car and pickup truck collided along Indian Head Highway near Palmer Road.
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