UPDATE (June 5): The victim in the collision is identified as 63-year-old Charles Franklin Bailey Jr. of Silver Spring.
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ORIGINAL RELEASE:
Howard County police are investigating a fatal collision overnight in Glenwood in which one person was killed.
At approximately 1:44 a.m. on June 4, a 2010 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling southbound on Route 97 near Roxbury Mill Road when it crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado head-on. The operator of the motorcycle, an adult male, was transported to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he died.
Preliminarily, investigators believe that the motorcycle was attempting to pass another vehicle traveling southbound in front of it. The investigation is ongoing. The victim will be identified when next of kin has been notified. The occupants of the Silverado were uninjured.
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