Correction (Saturday, June 26 at 10:28 a.m.): Montgomery County police now say the man involved in the crash did not die, but is alive and in critical condition.
A man crashed, was thrown from a car and critically injured after taking off from a traffic stop in Rockville, Maryland, Montgomery County police said.
A Montgomery County Police officer saw a vehicle stopped along Rockville Pike about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
The officer tried to make a traffic stop, but the man drove away fast, police said.
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The officer lost sight of the driver, then found the vehicle crashed near the corner of Rockville Pike and Monroe Place/Church Street, police said.
The driver had been thrown from the vehicle and was taken to a trauma center in critical condition, police said.
The man remains in the hospital, police said. A Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson initially told News4 that the man had died.
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No information has been released about his identity.
The man was the only person in the car, according to police.
The southbound lane of Rockville Pike/355 at Congressional Lane is closed while police investigate. Only northbound lane is open.
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