RadioOnFire.com - An FBI agent and a state fire marshal's office official died Friday night after they were struck by a car at the scene of a crash on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland State Police said.
State police said Deputy Chief State Fire Marshal Sander Cohen, 33, called the Rockville barrack around 10 p.m. to report a single-vehicle crash in the fast lane of southbound I-270 near Gude Drive. Cohen blocked the crash scene with his personal vehicle and activated his emergency flashers.
The driver of the damaged car was FBI Supervisory Special Agent Carlos Wolff, 36. Both men moved to stand in the shoulder while waiting for assistance to arrive, state police said.
State police said an oncoming car swerved to the left, apparently to avoid the stopped vehicles, and struck both men on the shoulder of the highway. Both men were thrown over the jersey wall onto the northbound side of I-270, where Cohen was struck by another car.
"They were standing there when a southbound vehicle swerved onto the shoulder and struck both of them and propelled both of their bodies over the jersey wall into the northbound lanes of I-270," Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. William Pallozzi said.
The driver and a passenger inside the vehicle that first struck the men were taken to Suburban Hospital. Another passenger was taken to Shady Grove Hospital.
The driver of the car traveling northbound was not injured.
State police said there is no preliminary indication of alcohol involved in the crashes.
No charges have been filed, and an investigation continues. All drivers, who have been identified, remained at the scene.
Cohen was a decorated fire marshal who had been repeatedly acknowledged for outstanding service, state police said. He also served with the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department.
"Deputy Chief State Fire Marshal Sander Cohen was an exemplary investigator and leader who took great pride in his law enforcement career and who devoted himself to protecting and serving the citizens of Maryland," Maryland State Fire Marshal Brian Geraci said. "Sander will be missed by all those who had the pleasure of knowing him. We will forever keep the Cohen family in our thoughts and prayers."
"Deputy Chief Cohen had no idea that inside the vehicle that he stopped to help was another law enforcement officer. Deputy Chief Cohen never hesitated to provide that help," Pallozzi said.
Wolff worked in the Baltimore Division of the FBI.
Source WBAL
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