One man dead, seven children injured in Germantown rollover collision

Key Points:

• A two-car collision in Germantown Tuesday morning resulted in one adult male fatality and seven injured children aged 12 to 15, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) and county police reports.
• The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Clopper Road and Great Seneca Highway, involving a stolen white Kia Optima carrying minors and a blue Toyota Matrix driven by the deceased adult.
• The juvenile driver of the stolen Kia was critically injured and hospitalized, while the other children suffered varying injury severities and were taken to multiple trauma centers; no adult was present with the minors, and none of the juveniles had a driver’s license.
• Emergency responders classified three patients as priority one (critical), two as priority two (potentially life-threatening), and two as priority three (non-life-threatening), deploying numerous units including ambulances, fire engines, and extrication teams.
• The intersection was closed for several hours following the crash and reopened around 11:30 a.m.; the investigation into the circumstances leading to the collision is ongoing.