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Funeral Set For Officer Killed In Crash

PALMER PARK, Md. (AP) -- Services have been scheduled for a Prince George's County police officer who was killed in a crash while pursuing a vehicle on Interstate 95 in Beltsville.

A funeral for Officer Adrian Morris, 23, will be conducted Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Woodstream Church in Mitchellville. Burial will take place about 1 p.m. at Lakemount Memorial Park Cemetery in Davidsonville.

Morris died Monday in the crash which happened on southbound I-95 near the Powder Mill Road exit. Two officers were pursuing a vehicle that matched the description of a car involved in a theft. Police say the driver lost control of the police cruiser and it ran off the highway into a ditch.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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