Driver dead after crash involving police car in Maryland

A Prince George’s County man is dead after an early-morning crash involving his truck and a marked Charles County Sheriff’s Office car in Waldorf, Maryland.

Luis Roberto Flores Guerrero, 35, of Temple Hills, died at the scene of the accident, which took place in the 2100 block of Crain Highway, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said.

Officers responded to the incident over the report of a motor vehicle crash at 2:40 a.m. The sheriff’s office said an initial investigation showed Guerrero as the driver of a Ford F-350, which was moving north on Crain Highway when it left the roadway for “unknown reasons”.

“The truck left the roadway, went over a curb, and hit a light pole, signs, and a marked police car which was parked and unoccupied in a nearby parking lot of a business,” according to a Charles County Sheriff’s Office news release.

A 41-year-old man from Temple Hills who was a passenger in the truck was not hurt and was able to get a “passerby” to contact officials, according to the sheriff’s office.