In a news release, Maryland State Police said that on Saturday July 13th,  just before 8 p.m., troopers responded to the Capital Beltway in the area of northbound Interstate 495 near Branch Avenue for the report of a crash involving a motorcycle. The initial investigation showed that 37-year-old Quintin Barnes of Reisterstown was driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle along with a passenger, 19-year-old Jasmine Jeffries, north on I-495 when it struck the back of a Dodge. Both Barnes and Jeffries were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The driver and passenger of the Dodge were taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.