MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD – A Silver Spring man was killed when he crashed his motorcycle into the back of a Montgomery County Department of Police patrol car on Thursday.
According to the department, at approximately 7:28 p.m., an on-duty Montgomery County police officer notified the Emergency Communications Center that he had been involved in a collision on the ICC between Georgia Ave. and Shady Grove Rd.
“The officer was driving west on MD 200 in his marked patrol car when a motorcycle crashed into the back of the officer’s cruiser, a 2018 Dodge Charger,” the department said. “The driver of the motorcycle, 31-year-old Carlos Ivan Diaz-Franco of Silver Spring, was thrown from his 2020 BMW S 1000 RR motorcycle. Montgomery County Fire Rescue responded to the location, and Diaz-Franco was pronounced dead on the scene.”
The motorcycle came to rest in the eastbound lanes, causing the ICC to be shut down in both directions during the investigation.
Police say Diaz-Franco may have been riding with a group of other riders and are asking them to come forward.