HOWARD COUNTY, Md. — Howard County Police are investigating a fatal crash that killed a 59-year-old man Monday afternoon.
Ivan Claude Merrill Jr. was traveling south on Route 1 approaching Route 32 when his 2004 Chevrolet Silverado left the road for an unknown reason.
His car came to a final rest in a wooded drainage area.
Merrill was the only person in the car and was pronounced dead at the Howard County General Hospital.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
A portion of Route 1 south was closed for about three hours.
