Victim Identified in Fatal Vehicle Collision on 16th Street

Montgomery County police officials have identified the driver—of Friday night's car crash on the 8600 block of 16th Street in Silver Spring—as Michael Patrick Considine. The  29-year-old Washington D.C. man collided with a fire hydrant to avoid hitting a Ride On bus picking up a passenger, police said.

A preliminary investigation by Montgomery County Police officials revealed that Considine  left the right side of the roadway and not only struck the hydrant but a street sign and the street curb before the car overturned before coming to rest in an embankment on the side of the road.

He died at the scene, police said.

Investigators are asking anyone who witnessed this fatal collision to contact the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 301-840-2435.  Callers may remain anonymous.