A woman is dead and a young person critically injured after a crash in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Tuesday afternoon.
A vehicle involved in a serious crash near Sheriff Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in Prince George’s County on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(Courtesy Brad Bell/7News)
A vehicle involved in a serious crash near Sheriff Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in Prince George’s County on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(Courtesy Brad Bell/7News)
A woman was killed, a young child was injured and three teens were hospitalized after a car crash in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Tuesday afternoon.
The Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department said in a social media post the crash happened at 3:41 p.m. near the intersection of Sheriff Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in Landover.
Prince George’s County Acting Police Chief George Nader said at a news briefing that Seat Pleasant police officers followed a vehicle that was reported stolen and shortly after, stopped following the vehicle.
“They were told to stop following, at which time they did. And then shortly after that, an accident occurred at the intersection,” Nader said.
That’s when the stolen vehicle with four juveniles inside ran a red light and struck another vehicle, police said.
A mother, who had her 2-year-old child inside the car, was killed, while the child survived, WTOP’s partners at 7News reported. Nader said the child was injured and is being treated at a local hospital.
Three of the teens were hospitalized with serious injuries. All four of the teens will remain in police custody.
“Our concern, like many of yours, is the direction that our young people are going in,” Prince George’s County executive Aisha Braveboy said. “When we hear of incidents like this — and it involves young people making really terrible, tragic choices — our hearts go out to the victims, but I think we’re all just very concerned about what our young people are thinking.”
County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson said her office would charge for “whatever violations of the law” occurred and “will seek to hold the persons responsible for this crime.”
Below is a map of where the crash happened:
The location of a crash on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, is seen in the above screenshot.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing. Anyone with information in this case is asked to call police at 301-731-4422.
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A fire broke out at a home near FedEx Field Friday minutes before Prince George’s County Fire officials gathered in Capitol Heights to give an update on a staffing plan that calls for the relocation of some firefighters — a move that has some neighborhoods concerned.
A fire broke out at a home near FedEx Field on Friday, minutes before Prince George’s County Fire officials were supposed to gather in Capitol Heights to give an update on a staffing plan that calls for the relocation of some firefighters — a move that has some municipalities going to court.
Crews that responded came from as far away as Bladensburg, and no one was hurt in the fire. County leaders said it demonstrated how technology and collaboration led to quick and effective responses when calls come in.
Hours before, the cities of Greenbelt, College Park and Berwyn Heights filed a lawsuit against the county and its fire department in a quest to stop staffing changes set to take effect on Sunday. They are asking a judge for a temporary restraining order to keep what the department calls a temporary reallocation of some 50 firefighters from going through.
Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department Chief Tiffany Green has ordered some 55 career firefighters who work in the Bunker Hill station in Brentwood, as well as volunteer stations in Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights and Bowie, to help cover shortages in other stations around the county.
Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department Chief Tiffany Green has ordered some 55 career firefighters to help cover shortages in other stations around the county. (WTOP/John Domen)
She doesn’t view it as an ideal move, but said that it’s been done before and needs to be done again to keep other fire houses staffed during the summer, when people tend to take vacations.
“This isn’t the first time that we’ve had to redeploy our staffing, obviously, to make sure that we can cover our entire county,” Green said. “How we dispatch our calls now, it’s based on GPS. The most available unit is going to respond and what our job is each and every day … is to monitor our system … and to move up resources to cover the entire county. So, we believe that that’s what we’re going to be able to do.”
She said each of the affected fire houses will still have some level of staffing; however, in some cases, volunteers will be asked to cover more shifts inside their stations.
“We’re not closing any fire stations,” Green said. “If they’re out on a call, the station will obviously be empty. But our goal again is to ensure that there’s resources in every single fire station.”
In a joint statement, the cities filing suit said that while it values the work of both its career and volunteer firefighters, “reliance on volunteers cannot substitute for the essential presence of career firefighters.”
The 55 personnel who will be moved are going into existing vacancies throughout the county, according to Green.
“The goal, again, to ensure that they’re not called back for mandatory overtime and holdovers. But we are filling the existing vacancies and spreading out our resources throughout the entire county,” Green said.
The move is happening at a time when the county said it is 250 firefighters short of where it wants to be.
The new budget, which goes into effect on Monday, allows the county to hire another 150 firefighters, the most ever. A new firefighter class also entered training earlier this month, and more than 30 new firefighters are set to finish training in the coming weeks.
The city manager in Berwyn Heights declined to comment on the impending move, and calls and emails to leaders in Greenbelt were not returned.
But in their lawsuit, they say the plan to use volunteers to fill in the gaps “is not realistic and will fail.” They also argued that the change “would leave Plaintiffs without adequate fire and emergency services.”
The chief thoroughly denies that, and she also doesn’t think they have legal standing to pursue this matter.
“I think that’s in the purview of the fire chief to make operational decisions, as I make every single day,” Green said.
In their joint statement, the three cities are asking for the formation of a task force to come up with a “sustainable staffing plan,” enhanced support and incentives for volunteer firefighters, and shared data and analysis on the impact of staffing changes.
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A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition Monday after a home in Bowie, Maryland, caught fire overnight, Prince George’s County Fire officials said.
A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition Monday after a home in Bowie, Maryland, caught fire overnight, Prince George’s County Fire officials said.
Firefighters were called to the scene of a single-family house fire in the 16200 block of Penn Manor Lane in Bowie just after 1 a.m. A woman was inside the building with her two children and all three were taken to the hospital, according to the Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department.
The child who was critically injured is a 10-year-old boy, fire department spokesman Alan Doubleday told WTOP.
The second child is unharmed, and the woman is being evaluated, officials said. There was no further information about their identities available.
It’s believed the fire started in an second-floor bedroom and spread into the attic and down to the first floor, Doubleday said. No one was inside the bedroom when the fire began.
The flames were extinguished overnight shortly after fire officials arrived at the house.
Here’s a map of where fire officials said the home is located:
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