1 dead, 5 injured after car crashes into empty house while fleeing police

JESSUP, Md. – Anne Arundel County police are investigating a vehicle accident that left one person dead early Monday morning in Jessup.

According to police, a patrol officer observed a vehicle speeding near Annapolis Road and Reece Road in Severn and attempted to conduct a traffic stop.

The vehicle fled from the officer, who then deactivated his patrol car’s emergency equipment. The officer did not pursue the vehicle.

A few minutes later, police received a call about a crash on Jessup Road near Oak Ridge Road.

Further investigation revealed that the vehicle, a Lexus IS 350, was traveling westbound on Jessup Road at a high rate of speed when it failed to negotiate a right curve.

The Lexus then crashed into a vacant house on the east side of Jessup.

The driver and four passengers were taken to Shock Trauma with life-threatening injuries. A fifth passenger was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with serious injuries.

One of the passengers, a 26-year-old woman, was later pronounced dead at Shock Trauma.

The investigation was taken over by the Road Safety Department.