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PGPD searches for driver involved in deadly hit-and-run in Oxon Hill

By Odyssey Fields,

4 days ago

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. ( DC News Now ) — The Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) is asking for the community’s help in searching for the driver of a truck that hit and killed a pedestrian in Oxon Hill on Aug. 16.

Police said that on Friday around noon, officers responded to the 6200 block of Oxon Hill Road after a vehicle struck a pedestrian. There, officers found 35-year-old Melvin Garcia, of Oxon Hill, suffering from trauma in a parking lot.

He died at the scene.

According to PGPD, their investigation revealed that the driver hit Garcia and then drove away.

Detectives believe the truck is a 2002-2006 silver Chevrolet Avalanche. It might have damage to the front bumper and to the driver’s side headlight.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3WMs8F_0v3Em9w600 — (Photo Courtesy: Prince George’s County Police Department)

The crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422 or enter a tip online .

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