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A lady was killed and 13 others injured when a automobile drove into a birthday party tent crammed with youngsters Saturday in Bladensburg, Maryland.
Criminal expenses are pending towards a 66-year-old Washington, DC, man who initially fled the scene on foot however later turned himself in, the Bladensburg Police Department stated Sunday in a news release.
The girl who died has been recognized as Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez, 31, of Washington.
Jocelyn Route, a former Prince George’s County faculty board member and Bladensburg council member who lives down the road, advised NCS affiliate WUSA she heard the crash from her bed room.
“I was awakened by big booms … There were ambulances all around, there was a car that was actually in the yard, there was screaming,” Route advised WUSA. “By the time I got down here, the emergency personnel were trying to resuscitate a woman who was pinned underneath a car.”
Route stated she noticed 5 youngsters who gave the impression to be badly injured and one other three who have been in a position to stroll to ambulances. She added neighbors advised her a automobile had been driving erratically by means of the neighborhood earlier than the crash.
A video posted on X reveals police and firefighters on the scene early Sunday morning, the place a tent believed to have been used for the birthday celebration was torn open and partially collapsed.
The victims, together with six adults and eight youngsters starting from 1-17 years previous, have been taken to hospitals, Bladensburg police stated. One of the kids stays in the hospital in secure situation.
Three of the grownup victims stay hospitalized in secure situation, one is awaiting remedy and one other has been launched, police stated.
NCS’s Karina Tsui contributed to this report.