{"id":633037,"date":"2026-05-09T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633037\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:10:08","slug":"1-dead-1-critically-injured-in-bethesda-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633037\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, 1 critically injured in Bethesda crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man is dead after the car he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree just after midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County Police are investigating an overnight crash that killed the driver and injured a passenger in Bethesda, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>One vehicle, a 2022 white Toyota Venza, was involved in a crash that took place just after 12 a.m. Saturday on the 7100 block of Glenbrook Road, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, an adult male, was pronounced dead at the scene. The adult passenger was hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police said preliminary findings indicated the driver left the roadway, striking a pole and then a tree.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A map of the area where the crash occurred can be found below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29234512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0509-bethesda-crash.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\"\/>Map of a fatal crash on May 9, 2026 in Bethesda, Maryland. (Courtesy Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">\u00a9 2026 WTOP. All Rights Reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man is dead after the car he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11915,4,450,24364,451,8640,273496,214286,3,452,453,222270],"class_list":["post-633037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-bethesda","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-fatal-crash","tag-headlines","tag-maryland","tag-montgomery-county-fire-and-rescue","tag-montgomery-county-police","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tracy-johnke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}