79-year-old passenger killed in Prince George's County crash
Ann Carol Taylor, 79, died after two cars collided at Pennsylvania Avenue and Spaulding Avenue in Suitland. County police are still reconstructing the crash.
A 79-year-old Fort Washington woman died after a two-car crash at Pennsylvania Avenue and Spaulding Avenue in Suitland, leaving Prince George’s County police to reconstruct what happened at one of the area’s busy travel corridors. Ann Carol Taylor was taken to a hospital after the collision on June 25, but died several hours later from her injuries.
Prince George’s County police said officers responded to the intersection at about 6:30 p.m. after the report of a collision involving two cars. In a preliminary investigation, police said the vehicles collided in the intersection. Both drivers survived with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The case has been assigned to the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit, the specialized team that handles fatal crashes in Prince George’s County. Police said those investigations are thoroughly reconstructed and, when negligence or criminal violations are found, the matter can be referred to the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Investigators have not said which driver, if either, was at fault, and they have not identified speeding, impairment or distraction as factors.
Taylor’s death lands against a wider roadway-safety backdrop that county and state officials track through crash databases and Vision Zero programs. Maryland’s crash-data dashboard showed 176 reported roadway fatalities statewide year-to-date as of June 27. In Prince George’s County, Vision Zero uses roadway data in coordination with the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration and the Maryland Highway Safety Office to identify dangerous corridors and focus safety work.
Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the county’s key arterial roads, and crashes at intersections like Spaulding Avenue can quickly turn routine evening traffic into a fatal scene. Police have not announced any charges or citations in Taylor’s death.
Witnesses are being asked to contact the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422.
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