Silver Spring man dies in fatal collision in Howard County

A Silver Spring man died Sunday following a car crash that occurred Saturday morning in Howard County. Kyle Joseph Lancon, 19, of the 300 block of Stonegate Drive in Silver Spring, was driving a 2004 Honda Civic north in the southbound lanes of U.S. 29 north of Johns Hopkins Road in Laurel at about 2:52 a.m. Saturday, according to Howard County police. The Honda Civic struck a 2000 Toyota Camry, which was driven by 20-year-old John Park of Annandale, Va., police said. Both men were taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Lancon was pronounced dead on Sunday, and Park remains in critical condition. Police are investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the collision. SOURCE: Gazette