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Man hangs himself in Bladensburg jail cell

Bladensburg police said a man hanged himself in a cell after he was arrested early Sunday on drunken driving charges.

About 12:45 a.m., police were called to the 4500 block of Baltimore Avenue, where they found a green Isuzu sport utility vehicle had struck a telephone pole, Police Chief John Moss said. The man got out of his car and stumbled toward oncoming traffic, police said. He was arrested and taken to the station.

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