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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Police said that a Maryland man is facing charges for driving under the influence after a pedestrian died a week after a crash in D.C.
U.S. Park Police officers responded to the intersection of 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW for a reported crash involving a pedestrian around 9 p.m. on July 5. Responding officers found 79-year-old Virginia Voight of Palmyra, New Jersey, with serious injuries in the road.
A helicopter took her to a hospital for treatment. She died due to her injuries there on July 12.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that, according to the investigation, Voight was going east in the north crosswalk at the intersection on a motorized electric mobility scooter.
At the same time, a pickup truck was driving west on Independence Avenue. The driver turned right onto 14th Street and hit Voight.
MPD said that after the crash, the driver kept driving until a National Guard member intervened and detained him until officers arrived.
The truck’s driver, 55-year-old Michael Wayne Mills of Germantown, Md., was arrested at the scene and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and leaving after colliding.
MPD said that additional charges may be pending.
Anyone with any information is asked to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.
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