The Montgomery County Police Department said a 62-year-old woman was killed Wednesday in a hit-and-run in Aspen Hill.
Saijuan Chen of Rockville was crossing Arctic Avenue on foot at 7:21 p.m. Wednesday when she was struck by a green 2023 Jeep Wrangler whose driver was turning left off Bel Pre Road, police said Friday.
Ms. Chen was taken with serious injuries to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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A witness gave the police the license plate number of the Jeep, and the police located the driver and the car. Police did not identify the driver. They did not say when or where they found the driver or if they have made an arrest.
Ms. Chen was the 14th person to die in Montgomery County this year after being struck by a car.
There were 12 such deaths in the county for all of 2025, according to WRC-TV.
Ms. Chen’s family told the TV station that she was a “loving grandmother” who worked with seniors at a facility in the District to keep them physically active.
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