MARCH 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC
U.S. Park Police are searching for the driver responsible
for a fatal fiery hit-and-run crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway Friday
morning.
The incident occurred near Route 50 and Md. 202 at about 3
a.m. Friday, and it snarled traffic through the morning commute. An SUV and several vehicles collided and one
of the cars caught fire, which caused all of the northbound lanes to close to
traffic on the parkway.
“One vehicle, described as a Lincoln, forced a Mustang from
the roadway,” explains U.S. Park Police Lt. Allan Griffith.
“The Mustang rolled over and burst into flames,” Griffith
says.
The driver of the Mustang was trapped inside, and died in
the fire.
According to U.S. Park Police, the driver of the Lincoln
left the scene and they are still on the run.
It was the second deadly hit-and-run crash in Prince
George’s County in just hours.
Around 9 p.m. Thursday, a driver of an SUV plowed into three
vehicles near the Naylor Road Metro Station, killing one person.
The driver fled on foot, but he was later arrested.
All lanes of northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway
reopened at about 10:45 a.m. after the hour-long closure.
Despite the improvements in road safety, the United States
has one of the highest death rates at about 1 person dead per 10,000
people. Roughly 2.5 million injured (yes,
you read it correctly – 2.5 million injured) per year. It is worse than war zone out there. So, please be safe and look around for crazy
drivers, reckless drivers, sick drivers, sleepy drivers, negligent drivers,
stupid drivers, careless drivers, drunk drivers, speeding drivers, dragged
drivers, and so on.
Source: wtop.com/cbslocal.com/myfoxdc.com