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1 dead, 5 injured in Montgomery Co. crash that closed portion of Ridge Road

A man was killed and five other people were injured in a crash that shut down part of Ridge Road in Montgomery County, Maryland, Saturday morning.

The two-vehicle collision, involving a silver Ford Transit van and a black Chrysler Pacifica minivan, happened in the 24000 block of Ridge Road near Hawks Road in the Damascus area.

A passenger in the Chrysler minivan, an adult male, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, .

The driver of the Ford transit van and four occupants in the Chrysler, three adults and one child, were all transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police and fire rescue personnel were called to the crash at 7:22 a.m.

The ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp Traffic Center reported the section of Ridge Road between Valley Road and Hawks Road, near Cedar Grove Elementary School, that was closed for several hours for a police investigation, was reopened before 11:25 a.m.

A map of the area is below.

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