Police Investigating Double Fatal in Potomac
Montgomery County police are investigating a Friday night collision that killed two people, a Saturday morning police statement said.
Police said a 2012 Ford Expedition, westbound on Oaklyn Drive, and a 2015 Mercedes CLA45 AMG, eastbound on the street, collided at Pleasant Gate Lane about 7:55 p.m., police said. Two rear-seat passengers in the Mercedes suffered life-threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital where they died from their injuries, police said. Police identified them as Hersh Bhansaly, 25, of Bethesda and Brian Everett Laurence, 25, of Potomac.
Police identified the driver of the Mercedes as Daniel Alex Epstein, 25, of the 800 block of Larrabee Street in West Hollywood, California. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. An unidentified adult male front-seat passenger in the Mercedes was taken to a local hospital with non-life- threatening injuries.
Police identified the Ford Expedition driver as Addison Leigh Poole, 16, of the 17500 block of Wheat Fall Drive in Derwood. She was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two unidentified juvenile female passengers in the Ford were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this crash is urged to contact the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.
ICYMI (~8p) Oaklyn Dr & Pleasant Gate Dr, 2-car head on collision, EMS transported 7 patients, incl 2 Pri1 trauma ‘codes’ & 5 Pri2 traumas, PE730, T710, PE710, A710, RS741, EMS703, A730, BC702, A733, A705, PE726, M741, A711, A741B, M750B, ALS711 OS, PD investigating pic.twitter.com/DdOL81Fg9e
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 24, 2018
~8p MCFRS responded, 7 patients were transported, all trauma patients, incl 2 Pri1 trauma codes, PD investigating, Oaklyn Dr CLOSED https://t.co/YSoNwJcS2n
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 24, 2018
Traffic Advisory – Oaklyn Dr CLOSED/BLOCKED Btwn Pleasant Gate Dr/Avenel Farm Dr S and Avenel Farm Dr N/Falls Rd, collision, multiple injuries, some serious/critical, PD investigating pic.twitter.com/6SgkVRAnd1
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 24, 2018
Update (~8p) Oaklyn Dr, 2-cars, multiple injuries, declared mass casualty incident (MCI), about 50 MCFRS FFs, incl >10 Paramedics were on the scene (OS), PE730, T710, PE710, A710, RS741, EMS703, A730, BC702, A733, A705, PE726, M741, A711, A741B, M750B, ALS711 OS, PD investigating pic.twitter.com/ATfmPQM2Lw
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 24, 2018
My money is on distracted driving by one of the drivers crossing the center line.