The Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating a traffic fatality which occurred on Interstate 295.

At approximately 8:40 pm on Sunday, March 30, 2008, a 1994 BMW 318I  occupied by three individuals was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on Interstate 295  just south of Malcolm X Avenue, SW.  At that time, the driver of the vehicle apparently lost control causing the vehicle to leave the roadway.  The vehicle entered the median strip and subsequently overturned causing the female rear seat passenger to be ejected from the vehicle. That victim was transported to the Washington Hospital Center’s Med Star Unit and pronounced dead at 9:20 pm.

The decedent in this case has been identified as 17-year-old Heather Alexis Johnson of the 7900 block of Woodhall Drive in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The driver of the vehicle,  identified as 24-year-old Leondre Cordell Edwards of Suitland, Maryland and the front seat passenger, identified as 20-year-old Wendy Taylor of Landover, Maryland were transported to an area hospital and admitted in stable condition.

At this time no charges have been filed in connection with this case which remains under investigation by members from the department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit.