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A 21-year-old Columbia man is dead after his car left the road and crashed into a tree early Sunday morning.
Howard County Police say Saif Bryant was driving a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix north on Centennial Lane in Ellicott City when he left the road for some reason and hit a tree causing the car to catch on fire.
Bryant died at the scene; police are continuing to investigate the crash.
