Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred Wednesday morning in Kent County. The deceased, a 25-year-old male, whose identification is being withheld pending next of kin notification, was the driver and sole occupant of a Ford van involved in the crash southbound on Route 301 near Galena Road. He was pronounced deceased on the scene. According to a preliminary investigation, a tractor-trailer was slowed and stopped at a railroad track, when for unknown reasons, was struck in the rear by the Ford.