Passenger, 26, Killed After Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Maryland Parkway: Sheriff

A Baltimore man was killed overnight in Charles County when the driver of the car he was riding in lost control and smashed into a tree, according to the sheriff's office.

Daunte Marqui Butler
Photo Credit: *Facebook via Daunte Marqui Butler*

St. Charles Parkway and St. Ignatius Drive in Waldorf
Photo Credit: *Google Maps street view*

Zak Failla

05/07/2024 4:49 p.m.

Daunte Marqui Butler, 26, has been identified as the victim who was killed late on Monday night, May 6 in Waldorf, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced.

Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on May 6, officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called to the area of St. Charles Parkway and St. Ignatius Drive to investigate a single-car crash involving a Chevy Impala.

Investigators say that the driver was traveling on St. Charles Parkway when the vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a tree near the intersection.

Butler was rushed to the Charles Regional Medical Center, where he later died from injuries sustained in the crash. The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation.

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