Eighty-Five-Year-Old Bicyclist Dies Following Collision in Silver Spring

The Montgomery County Police Department Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) is investigating a fatal collision involving a bicyclist on Sunday, June 1, on Bramblewood Drive in Norbeck.

Montgomery County Police and Fire Rescue crews were dispatched to Bramblewood Drive around 4 p.m., responding to a report of a collision involving a bicyclist.

Investigation determined that Joel Allen Katz, 85, of Silver Spring was cycling on the 15000 block of Bramblewood Drive when he was struck by a driver of a 2015 Mercedes Benz backing out of a driveway. Katz was hospitalized with serious injuries.

On Saturday, June 7, Katz died of his injuries while in the hospital.

Montgomery County Police ask that anyone with information regarding the collision contact the CRU at (240) 773-6620.

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