Teenage Pedestrian Killed in Derwood Hit & Run|ABC 7 News

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Teenage Pedestrian Killed in Derwood Hit & Run

posted 6:04 pm Wed August 01, 2007 - Derwood, Md.

tags: pedestrian • hit • run • derwood

ABC 7 News - Teenage Pedestrian Killed in Derwood Hit & Run

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Montgomery County Police are investigating a fatal hit & run crash that killed a teenaged pedestrian Tuesday night in Derwood.
Investigators say officers responded to the report of a person hit by a car around 9:30 p.m. in the area of Redland Road and Muncaster Mill Road.

The victim, identified as 17-year-old Esia Lopez, was flown to Baltimore's Shock Trauma Center where he was later pronounced dead.

Investigation believe Lopez was crossing the northbound lanes of Redland Road when he was struck by a silver, newer-model, four-door BMW 5 series. Police say Lopez was not in a crosswalk.

The driver is believed to be a white male who is reported to have stopped and then fled from the scene.

Police suspect the car sustained front-end, hood and/or windshield damage.

Police ask anyone withe any information to call them at 301-279-8000 (nights) or 301-840-2435 (days).

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