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Authorities said they believe speed and alcohol were contributing factors in a crash that killed an 18-year-old man in Frederick, Md., late Sunday night.
Frederick County sheriff's deputies said they arrived at the scene of the crash around 11:40 p.m. Sunday, where a 2000 Pontiac traveling south had left the roadway and hit a guardrail and a tree.
The driver of the Pontiac, Timothy Jacob Burdette, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 5300 block of Buffalo Road.
The investigation is ongoing.
A collision in Mount Airy left two men dead early Thursday, according to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office.
The victims were identified as Ricky Louis Wean, 25, of New Windsor, and Christopher Gerald Goldzwig, 23, of Keymar.
Shortly before 1 a.m., Wean was driving a Honda Prelude north on Buffalo Road just south of Old Bohn Road, according to a news release. Goldzwig was the passenger. Wean passed the vehicle in front of him on a double-yellow line, then lost control of the vehicle, which spun.