3 Dead in Olney Single-Car Accident

Three passengers died in a single car accident in Olney.

Authorities said that the driver, who suffered minor injuries, left the scene.  He was picked up later by police.

A total of five people were in the car at the time of the crash, which happened just after 3 a.m., Montgomery County police said.  An accident happened on Route 108 between Olney Mill Road and Wickham Road.  Route 108, also called Olney Laytonsville Road, was closed while an accident reconstruction team gathered evidence.

Authorities said the vehicle in the crash was a silver 2007 Toyota Corolla.  The vehicle left the west bound lane of the road and struck a telephone pole and two trees, authorities said.

All of the passengers and the driver were under the age of 21.  The three who died are Spencer Datt, 18, of Derwood, Haeley McGuire, 18, of Rockville, and John Hoover, 20, also of Rockville.  Charles Nardella, 19, who was sitting in the rear passenger seat on the driver’s side, survived the crash, and was treated at an area hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

Police identified the driver as 20-year-old Kevin Coffay, of Rockville.  Law enforcement said that Coffay fled the accident site, and was apprehended three hours later. He first went to a friend’s house and then his mother’s, NBC Washington’s Jane Watrel reported. He was treated for minor injuries after being taken into custody.