Along Maryland’s notorious “highway of death,” two moms have been killed in separate hit-and-runs in the last 24 hours.
The first accident happened around 9 p.m. on Thursday. Sandra Abarca Orellana, 52, of Temple Hills was crossing the street to get to a bus stop after shopping at Tanger Outlets National Harbor Mall on Oxon Hill Road.
Police in Prince George’s County said the person was found in the road after being hit by a car. The police said she was dead at the scene.
A woman named Loretta Canter-Andrews, 40, from Accokeek, was hit by a car in the southbound lanes of Route 210 near Farmington Road at 10 p.m. on Friday, almost exactly one day later. The police also said she was dead at the spot.
About 10 miles (16 km) apart, the two deadly accidents happened on Highway 210, which has the sad name of Maryland’s “highway of death.”
NBC Washington reported that 21 people have died on Prince George’s County roads this year alone, with 11 of them being hit by cars that did not stop.
Police told the news source that they are now looking for a burgundy Sedan with four doors that may have something to do with Orellana’s death. Police say the car was seen going north on Oxon Hill Road toward the mall at the time of the hit-and-run.
There is no word on whether a car has been linked to the second death.
TJ Andrews, Canter-Andrews’s son, said nice things about his mother.
“She was friendly.” “She wasn’t careful what she said, but she cared a lot and would do anything for anyone,” he told Fox5.
“It’s making me feel blank and hurt and angry. For her sake, I just want justice for her point of view.”
