BRUNSWICK, Md. -- Two people from Frederick, Md., were killed Wednesday night in the crash of a pickup truck on Md. 17 near Brunswick, Maryland State Police said in a news release.
Preston Eugene Mossburg Jr., 78, and Evelyn Virginia Mossburg, 73, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which took place at about 10:43 p.m., police said.
The investigation revealed that Preston Mossburg was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on Md. 17 near Rosemont Drive when the truck left the roadway and struck a sign on the southbound shoulder, the release said.
The truck continued northbound on the southbound shoulder and struck a guardrail, then crossed both lanes of travel, struck a sign on the northbound shoulder and then continued up an embankment and into a cornfield. It overturned several times in the cornfield and came to rest on its roof on Rosemont Drive, the release said.
