Joshua Day, 34, and Berlynn Matthews, 21, both dead after car strikes Day, Matthews offers aid, and both are struck by motorcycle driven by William Collazo-Brown, 24, on North Point Boulevard in Dundalk, Maryland
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County police said officers were called shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday to North Point Boulevard just south of Norris Lane, where a car struck a pedestrian who was crossing North Point Boulevard. The driver stopped at the scene, police said.
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The second pedestrian, 21-year-old Berlynn Matthews of Middle River, got out of her car to help Day. It was then that police say off-duty officer William Collazo-Brown struck both Day and Matthews with his Kawasaki motorcycle.
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On Tuesday night police said Collazo-Brown was no longer with the department.
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