Local man faces second-degree murder charge after fatal crash

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A Gaithersburg man was charged with second-degree murder after a Mercedes sport utility vehicle he was driving south on Wisconsin Avenue early Friday collided with an oncoming car, leaving one motorist dead.

Police charged Kadri Atalay in the death of 29-year-old District resident Diarmuid O’Brien, who was driving the Chrysler Sebring the SUV struck at roughly 2 a.m. after the SUV swerved onto the northbound side of the road, according to a news release issued by police Friday.

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