MARYLAND BRIEFING

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

Woman, 23, Dies After Car Crashes Into Utility Pole

A 23-year-old Upper Marlboro area woman was killed yesterday after her car crashed into a utility pole in the District Heights area, Prince George's County police said.

Megan Graham, of the 1000 block of Welshire Drive, was driving eastbound on Donnell Drive and lost control of her 2008 gold Chevy Malibu as she attempted to turn left into the northbound lane of Pennsylvania Avenue, crashing into the pole, said Officer Henry Tippett, a police spokesman.

-- Candace Rondeaux

Driver Ejected, Killed on Beltway Near Camp Springs

A motorist was killed last night on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County in an incident in which his car hit a guardrail and he was ejected, Maryland State Police said. They said he then may have been struck by another vehicle.

The incident occurred about 9 p.m. on the inner loop in the Camp Springs area, police said. They said the man apparently was not wearing a seat belt.

-- Clarence Williams

Woman Sentenced to 8 Years in Money Order Scheme

A Temple Hills woman who called herself the Sultana of the United States Moorish-American nation was sentenced by a federal judge in Greenbelt yesterday to eight years in prison for cashing counterfeit money orders using fake IDs, Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said.