Maryland – Montgomery County car crash kills 3 teens

Three students from Clarksburg High School died in a car crash late Tuesday night in Damascus, Maryland, on the night before their high school graduation ceremony. According to Montgomery County Police, the teens were driving south when the Ford F-250 hit a tree on Burnt Hill Road. Police responded to the scene at around 11:35 p.m. Tuesday. “There is some evidence that they were coming from a nearby party that may have been a celebration as graduation for seniors at Clarksburg High School is scheduled for today,” said Capt. Paul Starks with the Montgomery County Police Department. Two of the teens, Jacob Tyler Dennis, 17, and Patrick Andrew Shifflett, 18, were pronounced dead at the scene. An additional passenger, Cary Mauri’ce Greene, 17, died after being transported to Suburban Hospital.