A man was struck and killed after getting out of a car following a crash on Interstate 270 in Maryland early Monday, according to a preliminary investigation.
Maryland State Police were contacted by Montgomery County Fire and EMS shortly before 12:40 a.m. about the crash. It happened in the northbound lanes of I-270 near Rockledge Boulevard.
Police believe the victim, 57-year-old Lloyd Gardiner of Silver Spring, was the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a crash. Gardiner got out of his vehicle and then was hit by another vehicle that was not involved in the initial collision, police said.
Gardiner died at the scene.
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Authorities are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact Maryland State Police's Rockville Barrack.
All lanes later reopened.
