Suspected Drunken Driver Ejected From Vehicle After Police Chase Ends With Crash

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Gaithersburg, Maryland — On May 20, 2023, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Montgomery County Department of Police 2nd District officers responded to a call for service in the middle travel lane on the ramp of Rockledge Road to check the welfare of an adult male inside of a car. When officers arrived, they found a lone individual who they believed to be intoxicated and observed a gun on the driver’s lap. They attempted to prevent the occupant from driving away.
However, he drove off, heading northbound on I-270. Officers initiated a brief pursuit and the driver crashed on I-270, south of route 28. The driver was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials have identified the man as 37-year-old Lawrence White of Washington, D.C. The crash involved other cars on I-270. Two adults in a separate vehicle were transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Following the crash, lanes were closed on I-270 for several hours as police investigated, until travel was reopened at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.