A man died early Sunday after he struck a parked Howard County Police car in Jessup, fled the scene and crashed into a retaining wall during a pursuit, authorities said.

The driver of a 2018 Infiniti Q60 struck an occupied Howard County police car around 2:17 a.m. Sunday in the 7100 block of Montevideo Road, officials said. The driver then fled the scene, leading police on a pursuit before crashing into a retaining wall about a mile away.

Police have not identified the driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene, beyond saying he was an adult man.

Two other people were taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center where they were in stable condition, according to authorities. It’s unclear how many officers were in the vehicle or involved in the chase.

Advertise with us

A stretch of Montevideo Road at the line of Howard and Anne Arundel counties was closed to traffic most of the morning but was re-opened around 9 a.m.

The fatal crash is being investigated by the Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division, which handles all cases of police-involved incidents in Maryland that end in a person’s death.