Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Hit & Run Crash In Prince George’s County

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New Carrollton, MD (WJZ)– Maryland State Police are investigating aft a 26-year-old antheral was struck and killed by a car connected eastbound Route 50 astatine the ramp for southbound I-495.

Investigators accidental soon aft 3:15a.m. Sunday greeting Troopers from the College parkland Barrack were called to the country on Route 50 for a study of a idiosyncratic successful the roadway and an overturned vehicle.

Upon arriving connected the country they located a pedestrian successful the roadway who was aboriginal pronounced deceased connected the country by EMS personnel.

The unfortunate has been identified arsenic 26-year-old John Alieu Ted Fonfana of Landover Hills, Maryland.

The overturned vehicle, a Chevy Silverado, was recovered connected the enarthrosis of eastbound Route 50 adjacent the connected ramp from southbound I-495.

Witnesses astatine the country accidental the operator of the conveyance fled the country connected ft and provided a statement to the archetypal responders.

The preliminary probe indicates Fofana was pulled implicit connected the enarthrosis and extracurricular of his conveyance erstwhile the incidental occurred.

Investigators judge the Chevy Silverado struck the Fofana and his vehicle, an Infiniti.

The motortruck overturned, crossed 2 lanes of postulation and past came to remainder connected the close enarthrosis of the connected ramp of southbound I-495 earlier the operator was capable to escape.

Maryland State Police Aviation Command responded to assistance with a chopper hunt for the operator who fled the scene. Troopers from the College Park Barrack, the Forestville Barrack and the K-9 Unit searched for the fishy on with officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department who responded to assist.

The suspect, 32-year-old Remington James Culver of Washington D.C., was located astir 40-minutes aft the mishap successful a wood lined country astir 150-yards from the scene.

Culver was taken into custody without incidental and transported to an country infirmary for treatment.

Investigators judge intoxicant whitethorn person been a contributing origin successful this fatal accident.

The roadway successful the country of the mishap was closed for astir 5 hours portion the Maryland State Police Crash Team investigated the mishap and it was cleaned up.

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