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A passenger was killed when the car he was in was hit in a side-impact collision Saturday afternoon in Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County police responded to an incident at Maryland Avenue and Great Falls Road. They found a Toyota Corolla with its passenger side damaged by an Oldsmobile Bravada.
Percival Bellamy, 89, of Kensington, was the passenger in the Corolla. He was transported to a hospital where he died.
A preliminary investigation showed the Corolla turned in front of the Bravada while trying to go left onto Potomac Valley Road.
A 70-year-old woman was fatally struck on the Suitland Parkway in Forestville early Friday morning.
Police say the victim, an elderly woman, was crossing the Parkway around 5:45 a.m. when she was struck. The driver, who police say had a green light, stayed on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. Authorities say the victim was walking in an area where it is illegal to do so.
Police have identified the man killed in a single-vehicle crash near his home in Brandywine, Md.
According to a preliminary investigation, 44-year-old James Townsend was heading northbound on Cherry Tree Crossing Road around 8:40 p.m. Thursday when he left the road near Old Indian Head Highway and struck a tree.
Police don't know why Townsend's vehicle left the road, but they are looking into whether speed was a factor in the accident.
Townsend, who lived on Cherry Tree Crossing Road, was pronounced dead at an area hospital
A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries after he was struck near a Chillum, Md., intersection Monday morning.
Police said the man was crossing Chillum Road near Queens Chapel Road at 6:20 a.m. when he was struck by a vehicle traveling southbound on Chillum Road.
The victim was unresponsive when emergency crews arrived at the scene. He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.
It appears the pedestrian was not in the crosswalk at the time of the accident, investigators said.