Overview
- Police say the crash occurred around 10:14 p.m. Saturday on the 4100 block of 56th Avenue in Bladensburg, where a vehicle drove into a birthday party tent in a front yard.
- Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez, 31, of Washington, D.C., died, and 13 others were injured, including eight children ages 1 to 17 who were transported to area hospitals.
- Most children have been treated and released, while one child and several adults remain hospitalized in stable condition, according to updates from police and fire officials.
- Authorities identified the driver as Sunday Joseph, 66, of Washington, D.C., who fled on foot, turned himself in Sunday morning, and was taken into custody Monday.
- Joseph has been charged with criminal negligent manslaughter by vehicle, negligent manslaughter by auto, and failure to remain at the scene as investigators reconstruct how the car, reversing from Annapolis Road, entered the property; officers at the scene helped lift the vehicle off trapped victims.