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Police identify Frederick man, 67, killed in crash near Damascus

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The man who was killed in a two-vehicle collision near Damascus Saturday morning was identified Tuesday by Montgomery County police as Harold Christopher Christner, 67, of Frederick.

Christner was a restrained second-row passenger in a black Chrysler Pacifica that collided with a silver Ford Transit van in the 24000 block of Ridge Road at roughly 7:22 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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