LANHAM, MD – The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Lanham in early July.
The driver who passed away has been identified as 50-year-old Douglas Roeser of Upper Marlboro.
On July 2, at approximately 10:40 am, officers were dispatched to the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Annapolis Road in response to a collision involving two vehicles. The preliminary investigation suggested that Roeser’s vehicle and another car collided at the intersection.
Roeser was taken to a hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries on July 9. The Police Department was notified of his death on August 1. The driver and a passenger in the other car involved sustained minor injuries.
The police department asks anyone with information related to this case to call the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422 or anonymously at Crime Solvers on 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).