REISTERSTOWN, MD. (AP) _ STATE OFFICIALS SAY ONE PERSON HAS DIED IN A STORM-RELATED CRASH IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

STATE HEALTH SECRETARY JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN SAID MONDAY THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAD CONFIRMED THE CRASH IS RELATED TO THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE SANDY. SHARFSTEIN SAYS THE PERSON WAS KILLED AFTER A CAR SKIDDED ON A WET ROAD.

COUNTY POLICE REPORTED EARLIER MONDAY THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FATAL CRASH IN GERMANTOWN, BUT COULD NOT ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE STORM. SHARFSTEIN, CITING HEALTH CONFIDENTIALITY RULES, DECLINED TO SAY WHETHER THAT WAS THE STORM-RELATED CRASH.