Woman killed in early crash at Landover Road, MLK Highway intersection
A woman died after a single-vehicle crash at Landover Road and MLK Highway, where police were called around 1:30 a.m. and asked witnesses to come forward.
An adult woman died after a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Landover Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in Landover, adding another fatal collision to a corridor that county officials have long tried to make safer.
Prince George’s County police said officers responded at about 1:30 a.m. April 11 to the crash scene and found one vehicle that had struck at the Landover Road and MLK Highway intersection. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released her name or age, and investigators have not said what caused the crash.
The department has not identified speed, impairment, a medical emergency, road conditions or any other factor as a possible cause. The case remains under investigation, and police urged anyone with information to contact Prince George’s County Crime Solvers or submit a tip through the P3 Tips app.
The death lands in the middle of Prince George’s County’s broader traffic-safety push. Through Vision Zero Prince George’s, the county says it is aiming to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2040 using a Safe System Approach, a strategy built around the idea that roads should be designed to reduce the chances that a mistake turns fatal.
The crash also comes as Maryland continues to track a heavy traffic toll. Zero Deaths MD reported 75 traffic fatalities year-to-date in 2026 as of an April 6 update, compared with 102 at the same point in 2025.
Landover Road, designated MD-202, and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, MD-704, are major county roadways that carry a steady mix of neighborhood traffic, commuters and turning movements through central Prince George’s County. When a fatal crash happens at that kind of intersection, the focus quickly shifts to whether the roadway itself, and the way it is enforced, gives drivers enough margin for error.
For now, the most immediate fact is the loss of life at a familiar intersection that sits inside a county still chasing a 2040 goal with every new fatal crash.
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