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This is a sad story to report, but a young, energetic and successful Prince George’s Police Officer has been killed in an off-duty Motorcycle accident on the Beltway.
Officer Davon McKenzie, who was only 24, was killed in a multivehicle crash as he rode his motorcycle in Largo. He was hit by a car, thrown from this bike into oncoming traffic and hit by two cars.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY POLICE CHIEF HANK STAWINSKI: “The Prince George’s County Police family is brokenhearted at the loss of this young officer and only son. He was well respected and loved by his fellow officers.” “I, on behalf of all of us who were at the hospital and all those who couldn’t be, extend our deepest condolences to his family.”
ACCORDING TO POLICE – HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED: “A Nissan Altima was attempting to merge onto southbound Interstate 495 from Maryland Route 202 when it struck a commercial street sweeper in the slow lanes near the ramp.
The driver of the Nissan then lost control and veered across all of the southbound lanes, striking McKenzie’s Suzuki motorcycle in the fast lane.
The impact threw McKenzie from the motorcycle, over the Jersey wall and into oncoming traffic, where he was struck by two northbound vehicles.
All vehicles involved in the crash remained on the scene.
McKenzie was transported to the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead.”
