This article, originally published at 5:11 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2024, was updated at 5:14 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2024, to add comments from the Montgomery County Department of Transportation public information officer.
Montgomery County police are seeking a driver who left on foot after allegedly striking a Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) employee working on a Fairland road on Oct. 24, according to a statement released Friday.
At approximately 9:10 a.m. that day, officers responded to the area of Briggs Chaney Road and Legend Oaks Drive for the report of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian, police said in the statement.
A MCDOT employee, who has not been identified, was working at the location was struck by the driver of a 2006 silver Infiniti sedan, according to the statement. The worker was transported to a local hospital with “serious injuries,” police said.
The location of the collision is near the Cross Creek Club Local Park.
MCDOT Public Information Officer Emily DeTitta said in a statement to MoCo360 Monday that the department was “devastated” by the event.
DeTitta said the employee was hit by a car that left the roadway and was then flown to a shock trauma unit at an area hospital. As of Thursday, the employee is still recovering in the hospital but recently left the shock trauma unit, she said.
Special attention to our community around Briggs Chaney Road… if anyone saw anything please let us know. https://t.co/0NQh25BMb0
— MCPD 3D Commander (@MCPD3DCommander) November 1, 2024
Police are urging anyone with information about the driver’s identity and the collision to visit Crime Solvers of Montgomery County, to submit tips at www.p3tips.com or to call 1-866-411-8477. Tips can remain anonymous and any leading to an arrest may be eligible for a reward of up to $10,000.
