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Maryland NAACP leader dies in wreck in Silver Spring
Hanley J. Norment 66, president of Maryland NAACP and former Montgomery County branch head, died after his Subaru collided with a northbound pickup on Colesville Road near Dale Drive. Police ruled out alcohol. another driver, Andrew J. Robey, 29, was treated and released. Norment prepared to attend the NAACP convention in Pittsburgh. Local officials and civil rights figures called him a fighter for justice.
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Silver Spring
Maryland
NAACP
Hanley J. Norment
Montgomery County
Subaru
Colesville Road
Dale Drive
Norment
Arbor View Terrace
Wheaton
Holy Cross Hospital
Washington Hospital Center
Andrew J. Robey
Ellicott City
Montgomery
Roscoe KR. Nix
Pittsburgh
Nix
Gladys Young
Baltimore
Kurt L. Schmoke