The Maryland State Police Department is investigating a fatal crash Friday in Caroline County that killed one man and sent two others to the hospital.

Though the cause of the crash has not yet been determined, a news release said that “impairment” may have been a “contributing circumstance” to the collision.

Joseph D’Souza, 30, of Ridgley, who was driving a 2017 Kia Sorento, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release.

The two men who were hospitalized included his passenger, 50-year-old Hillary Coelho of Kuwait, and the driver of an Isuzu box truck identified as James Sherry, 50, of Germantown.

According to the release, the box truck was driving north on Maryland Route 480 near the intersection of Eveland Road just before 2 p.m. Friday when it crossed the center line, entering the path of D’Souza’s southbound Kia.

”Investigators believe the Kia attempted to avoid a head-on crash with the Isuzu by traveling onto the southbound shoulder, where the crash occurred,” the release said.

It added that charges might be filed pending the results of the investigation.

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