Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Dies After Accident in Middle River
Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred Saturday evening.
UPDATE (7:15 p.m. Sunday)—A woman is dead after being hit by a car in the Middle River area Saturday evening.
Baltimore County Police identified the woman on Sunday as 60-year-old Dianna Rae Brooks of no fixed address.
A tweet from Baltimore County Police and Fire confirmed a pedestrian was hit on Pulaski Highway near Holly Drive at about 7:40 p.m. Saturday.
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According to a police press release, Brooks was standing on the eastbound side of Pulaski Highway (Route 40) at Holly Drive when she was struck by a Ford 150 pickup.
Police said she died on the way to Franklin Square Hospital.
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Eastbound Pulaski Highway between Martin Boulevard and Holly Drive was closed to traffic while police investigated, according to Cpl. John Wachter with Baltimore County Police.
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