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Hit-Run Driver Sought After Pedestrian Dies Months After Crash In Maryland: Police Hit-Run Driver Sought After Pedestrian Dies Months After Crash In Maryland: Police
Hit-Run Driver Sought After Pedestrian Dies Months After Crash In Maryland: Police A pedestrian struck in an October hit-and-run in Temple Hills has died from his injuries, the Prince George’s County Police Department announced on Wednesday. Deon Anthony Smith, 47, who had no fixed address, passed away on Dec. 14, nearly two months after the crash, police said. Officers were initially called to the 4300 block of St. Barnabas Road on Oct. 17 to investigate a reported hit-and-run involving a pedestrian in the area. According to investigators, a driver struck Smith and fled the scene without stopping. Police are actively working to identify both the driver and the vehicle i…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police ID 27-Year-Old Woman With No Fixed Address Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland Police ID 27-Year-Old Woman With No Fixed Address Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland
Police ID 27-Year-Old Woman With No Fixed Address Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland New details have been released after a 27-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver earlier this week. Vanessa Stewart-Ferguson, who has no fixed address, has been identified by the Prince George's County Police Department as the pedestrian who was killed early on Wednesday, prompting an extensive investigation that resulted in them identifying a possible driver and locating a suspect vehicle, though no arrests have been made as of Friday, Dec. 13. Officers responded around 6:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11 to Saint Barnabas Road near the Capital Beltway after receiving rep…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Driver Identified, Vehicle Located After Deadly Hit-Run Crash In Maryland: Police Driver Identified, Vehicle Located After Deadly Hit-Run Crash In Maryland: Police
Driver Identified, Vehicle Located After Deadly Hit-Run Crash In Maryland: Police A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Oxon Hill early Wednesday, leaving police searching for answers despite identifying the driver and locating the vehicle, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run that was reported early on Wednesday, Dec. 11, in Oxon Hill. Officers responded around 6:10 a.m. to Saint Barnabas Road near the Capital Beltway after receiving reports of a collision involving a pedestrian, police said. The victim, a woman who has not been identified, was foun…

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by Zak Failla
Traffic
22-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Crash At Busy Maryland Intersection Identified By Police 22-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Crash At Busy Maryland Intersection Identified By Police
22-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Crash At Busy Maryland Intersection Identified By Police A 22-year-old passenger was killed in a two-car crash at a busy Upper Marlboro intersection, prompting an investigation by the Prince George’s County Police Department. David Romero, of Upper Marlboro, was fatally injured in the crash, which was reported around 3:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, at the intersection of Ritchie Marlboro Road and Sansbury Road, authorities said. When officers arrived, they found Romero and two drivers injured.  Romero was rushed to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, while the two drivers sustained what were described as non-life-t…

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by Zak Failla
Traffic
Man Dead After Early Morning Single-Vehicle Crash In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Man Dead After Early Morning Single-Vehicle Crash In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Man Dead After Early Morning Single-Vehicle Crash In Maryland (Developing) Authorities are investigating a fatal crash in Prince George's County that left one man dead early Tuesday morning. The single-vehicle crash was reported around 3:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3 near the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Piney Branch Road, according to the police department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit. Police say the driver of a sedan was traveling eastbound on Piney Branch Road when, for reasons still under investigation, he lost control of the vehicle and veered off the roadway. The man, whose identity is being withheld until his family is notified, wa…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police ID Maryland Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Prince George's County Police ID Maryland Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Prince George's County
Police ID Maryland Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Prince George's County Prince George’s County police investigators are searching for a driver who struck and killed a 52-year-old woman on Oxon Hill Road Thursday night, then fled the scene without stopping, officials say. Temple Hills resident Sandra Abarca Orellana has been identified as the person killed overnight by a hit-and-run driver. According to police, Abarca Orellana was struck and killed around 9:10 p.m. on Nov. 21 in the 6100 block of Oxon Hill Road. Officers responded to the scene and found the victim in the eastbound lane of the roadway, suffering from traumatic injuries. She was pronounced dead …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Cops ID Pedestrian, 37, Killed In Hit-Run Crash As Landover Woman Cops ID Pedestrian, 37, Killed In Hit-Run Crash As Landover Woman
Cops ID Pedestrian, 37, Killed In Hit-Run Crash As Landover Woman Police have identified a 37-year-old pedestrian struck and killed earlier this week. Lashaviao Spriggs of Landover.was killed in the crash, Prince George's County Police said on Friday, May 17. The hit-and-run sedan was located on Thursday, May 16, but no charges had been filed as of press time. On Tuesday, May 14, at approximately 10:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Bell Haven Drive in Landover for the report of a collision involving a pedestrian. Officers found the victim in the roadway suffering from trauma, they said. She was pronounced dead at t…

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by Jon Craig