Bicyclist killed in Olney crash

A woman died after a car struck her while she was biking in Olney on Thursday morning.

Montgomery County police said the crash happened at about 6:30 a.m. near Olney Laytonsville Road and Zion Road.

Police said 48-year-old Diane M. Whitman, of Montgomery Village, was biking east on Olney Laytonsville Road when she was hit by a 2011 Toyota Camry, also traveling east, driven by 30-year-old Heather Simmons.

Whitman was pronounced dead at the scene. Simmons was taken to a hospital with injuries authorities said weren’t life-threatening.

Police are still investigating the circumstances of the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (301) 840-2435.

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