A tragic crash snatched a young life on the roads of Crofton, as reported in a somber police press release today. Thomas Wilson Swick, a 25-year-old from Odenton, Maryland, met his untimely end in a vehicular collision that is now under scrutiny by Anne Arundel County investigators.

According to an Anne Arundel County press release, the crash unfolded on Saturday at around 9:20 p.m. when a Jeep Grand Cherokee was violently struck from behind by a Hyundai Sonata. Trying to comprehend the mechanics of the tragedy, officers were summoned to the crossroads of northbound Crain Highway at Johns Hopkins Road. The Sonata, unable to keep to the road, veered off, coming to rest away from the road, where its driver was pronounced dead by the responding fire department personnel.

The crash had different outcomes for the drivers. Swick, the driver of the Hyundai, died from his injuries at the scene. The 25-year-old driver of the Jeep from Laurel, Maryland, was taken to the hospital with minor, non-life-threatening injuries.

Officers from the Traffic Safety Section are working to determine what happened in this deadly incident.