By Rob Hedelt
The Free Lance-Star
CHARLES COUNTY, Md. — An off-duty Charles County, Md., police officer was killed Sunday morning in a single-car accident in King George County, Virginia State Police reported.
Police said 30-year-old Jamel Clagett of King George was in his 2013 Ford Taurus police cruiser at 7:45 a.m. Sunday when he ran off State Route 218 at the intersection of State Route 614 and struck a tree on the left side of the road.
Clagett was on his way home. He lived in King George.
The 10-year department veteran was declared dead at the accident scene, shortly after 8 a.m.
The accident was investigated by Trooper C. Julio.
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