La Plata, MD— On December 4 at approximately 8 p.m., officers responded to the area of northbound Crain Highway near Shining Willow Way in La Plata for the report of a car crash involving a pedestrian.
A preliminary investigation showed the pedestrian, Lawrence William Velozo, 37, of Newburg, was either sitting or lying in the left travel lane of northbound Crain Highway when he was struck by an SUV. Velozo was transported to the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased. It is unclear why Velozo was in the roadway; the Traffic Operations Unit is continuing the investigation.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call Cpl. K. Syvertsen at (301) 932-3056.