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.
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.
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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One of the last fatals I investigated happened near the same location. It is a dangerous area. The pedestrian was struck by an off duty police officer. I told the officer he would have to take a breath test as required in an investigation of this type. He passed it and sadly the family showed up at the scene. That is never an easy situation to deal with for all involved. My thoughts go out to the family of the deceased and also to the driver's family. No one wants to be involved in a situation like that, and don't forget handling a fatal is no easy task for the police officers involved.
I know this is not related to this specific case, and I am very sorry for the loss of life, but this is something that has bothered me for quite some time. The relative who is a cop has told me that if he were to cite another officer who's off duty for speeding, or whatever, that his superiors would reprimand him. Sad, but true.
Even as far back as when I retired when a certain officer was involved in an accident who had been drinking, he was arrested and charged. You protect your job. That comes first.
I survived cancer and a near death experience without booze.
Many of the topics on this sight can morph into other areas that sometimes are related. I am not suggesting in this tragedy that is case but more of the humane condition to discuss potential problems that may help others in the future.
Jon, they give out the bare minimum amount of facts on a lot of cases. I can't believe that Johnson did not or was not in front of the podium regarding that shooting in Dundalk defending his officers after they were cleared by the State's Attorney. You leave those men swinging in the breeze in the eyes of some community members. That is not fair.