LANHAM, Md. — Police say a woman was killed when her car was struck by a pickup truck driving the wrong way on the Capital Beltway in a head-on crash that left the beltway’s Inner Loop closed for several hours.
Maryland State Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Ronet Aching of Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Police expect to bring charges against the truck’s driver, who was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.
Police say 26-year-old Miguel Angel Solis Gomez was driving a Ford F150 northward in the southbound lanes of the Beltway and rammed into the Nissan Xterra that Aching was driving, NBC 4 reported.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Traffic backed up for several miles while the Inner Loop was closed for the police investigation.
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