Montgomery County , MD : One man killed in an Accident after hit by a pickup with a snowplow in the front on Tuesday morning , February 17th 2015

Officials in Howard County said a man was killed in an early Tuesday morning crash on Route 97 near the Montgomery County border.

Route 97 in both directions near Jennings Chapel Road remained closed. It was not clear when the roadway would reopen.

The man was not identified, pending notification of his relatives.

Howard County police said in a Twitter message that an initial investigation suggested that the man was driving a car on the southbound side of the roadway and took a curve too fast, hitting ice or snow on the shoulder. The road was plowed.

When the vehicle reentered the road, it crossed over into traffic on the northbound side and was hit by a pickup with a snowplow in the front. The driver of the car died. It was not clear whether the driver of the pickup was injured.



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Roads begin to clear from snow, ice; man reported dead after crash