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One Dead, 13 Injured After Car Hits Child’s Birthday Party in Maryland as Driver Surrenders

Prosecutors are reviewing the case with criminal charges pending against the 66-year-old who turned himself in.

Overview

  • Police say 14 people were struck around 10:14 p.m. Saturday on the 4100 block of 56th Avenue in Bladensburg after a vehicle came from the Annapolis Road area and hit a crowd gathered under a party tent.
  • Authorities identified the woman who died as 31-year-old Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez of Washington, D.C., and reported that the injured include eight children ages 1 to 17 and five surviving adults.
  • The driver initially fled on foot and later surrendered; investigators interviewed the 66-year-old D.C. man and are consulting the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office on charges.
  • Officials said an infant and a juvenile female were initially in critical condition, while several other victims were treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries at regional hospitals.
  • Police updated earlier counts that listed 11 injured, and they continue to reconstruct the crash, ask for tips at 301-864-6080, and note many pediatric patients have been treated and released with remaining patients in stable condition.