Two die in motorcycle crashes

A 22-year-old Maryland man died about 6:30 a.m. Saturday after his motorcycle hit a pick-up truck at Eastern Avenue and Newton Street in Northeast Washington.

D.C. police identified the motorcyclist as Davis E. Gross of Mount Rainier. He was taken to Washington Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead. The truck driver, who was not identified, was treated at the hospital and released.

Police were investigating the crash.

In a separate incident, a 22-year-old Germantown man was killed Sunday when his motorcycle ran off Clarksburg Road in Clarksburg, Montgomery County police said. He was identified as Matthew B. Buc of Lake Park Court.

-- Michael S. Rosenwald