Northwest Alumnus Dies in Howard County Crash

Howard County Police report that a Germantown teenager has died after an early morning crash in Woodbine.

According to police, the fatal single-vehicle crash happened at approximately 3:50 am on Sunday, June 4, when a 2000 Saturn SL2 which was traveling southbound on Route 94/Woodbine Road, when for unknown reasons the vehicle left the road and struck a tree.

Howard County Police have identified the driver and sole occupant as Pierce B. English, 19, of Germantown. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police, the preliminary investigation revealed he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision.

Pierce English was a graduate of Northwest High School and attended the University of Maryland, according to his Facebook page. He also worked as a lifeguard at RSV Pools in Germantown.