Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Fatally Struck After Crash On Muncaster Mill Road: Police
A Prince George's County driver who got out of his van after a crash was then fatally struck by a vehicle, Montgomery County Police said.
NORBECK, MD — A Prince George's County driver who got out of his van after a crash was then fatally struck by a vehicle, Montgomery County Police said. The accident happened Thursday morning on Muncaster Mill Road, near Norbeck Road.
About 5:37 a.m., police and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to a pedestrian struck by BMW.
Police said in a news release that the pedestrian, Earl William Smith, 43, of Clinton, had been driving a 2012 Ford transit T350, when he struck a sign, causing the van to become disabled in the median.
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Smith got out of his vehicle and was struck in the roadway by a 2007 BMW 328i sedan, which was eastbound on Muncaster Mill Road, near Norbeck Road.
The driver of the BMW, who police did not identify, remained at the scene.
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Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact detectives at (240) 773-6620.
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