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1 dead in crash on US 29 in Silver Spring

By Juan Herrera

A woman is dead after a single car crash in Maryland’s Montgomery County.

The accident happened just before 5:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S. 29/Columbia Pike just past Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring.

Montgomery County police say there were no other people in the car during the crash.

The woman was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Her identity has not yet been released.

Northbound Columbia Pike was closed for about four hours.

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