A collision between a sport utility vehicle and a tow truck yesterday afternoon on a road near Dunkirk in southern Anne Arundel County claimed the life of one man and injured another, a county Police Department spokesman said. Their names were not released.
Shortly before 5 p.m., the driver of a 1988 Jeep Cherokee was eastbound on Chesapeake Beach Road when he crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a westbound 37-foot roll-back tow truck, said Sgt. Dave Ennis, the spokesman.
Ennis said the driver of the Jeep, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown onto the roadway and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Jeep was demolished.
The driver of the tow truck was taken by ambulance to Prince George's Trauma Center in Cheverly for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries and was released, Ennis said.
The accident remains under investigation.