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Updated at 3 p.m. Aug. 24 Police have identified the pedestrian who was struck on University Boulevard East and Merrimac Drive in Takoma Park. Roberto Cardenas Martinez, who is believed to be about 42 years old and possibly born in San Pedro, Oacaca, was killed Aug. 23. Detectives have not yet located his family and […]

Only two weeks into the new year and already three people have died in pedestrian-related collisions on Montgomery County roads. The latest happened on Rockville Pike, near Wootton Parkway, around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 16. This incident came 24 hours after a pedestrian was hit and killed on Rockville Pike Wednesday night. These pedestrian […]

It’s only two weeks into the new year and already two Montgomery County residents have died after being struck by cars on county streets. Montgomery County police are still investigating a fatal pedestrian accident that took place on Rockville Pike around 8:40 pm on Wednesday, January 15th. Police say 28 year old Adam Moche Aseraph […]

Update, Friday: A woman struck Saturday — identified by police as Jiayun Karen Liang, 36, of San Francisco, California — died Thursday from her injuries, a Montgomery County police report says. Original post: Two pedestrians were hurt Saturday night when they were struck by a Rockville Volunteer Fire Department pickup truck, a Montgomery County police […]

Police have confirmed that a 50-year-old woman, who was struck by a car in Germantown yesterday evening, has died in the hospital. The pedestrian, who police identified as Joyce Asare Brown of Germantown, had been crossing eastbound Middlebrook Road at Ridgecrest Drive when she was hit by a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. Police say the driver […]

A 53-year-old Montgomery County man was killed on the Capital Beltway on Tuesday night, Maryland State Police reported. The man was struck about 9:40 p.m. by a car driven by a 63-year-old North Potomac man on northbound spur to I-270 in Bethesda, a police statement said. Witnesses saw a Mitsubishi passenger car travel off the […]

A 71-year-old woman was struck and killed crossing Columbia Pike on Thursday evening, a Montgomery County police statement said. Elaine Rowena Allen, 71, of an unconfirmed address, died after she was hit by a van driven by Carter L. Cockrell, 75, about 6:40 p.m. near Hillwood Drive, police said. Cockrell, of the 4600 block of […]

A 19-year-old crossing Shady Grove Road was struck and killed Saturday morning, Montgomery County police said. Jaumoithe Houseal of Welbeck Road in Montgomery Village was crossing Shady Grove Road at Crabbs Branch Way about 2:30 a.m., according to a police statement. He was taken to Suburban Hospital where he died from his injuries, police said. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian that occurred shortly after 6 a.m. on Thursday along Columbia Pike (U.S. Route 29) south of New Hampshire Avenue in the White Oak area of Silver Spring. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the pedestrian, identified as 18-year-old Michelle Sena Hoyah of […]