UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - A young Green Party candidate running for the U.S. Senate in Maryland has died after being struck in a hit-and-run accident while bicycling.
Maryland State Police say 30-year-old Natasha Pettigrew died early Tuesday. The Cheverly resident had been struck by an SUV in Prince George's County early Sunday morning.
Police say Christy Littleford of Upper Marlboro was driving the Cadillac Escalade when she struck Pettigrew. Police say she kept driving nearly four miles to her home, even though Pettigrew's bicycle was still lodged underneath the vehicle.
Police say Littleford thought she hit a deer or a dog and didn't want to stop in the early morning hours. When she and her husband found the bicycle under the SUV, they called police.
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Sad story.
ReplyDeleteAnd the driver's story sounds fishy to me.
Why does it seem like the worst drivers always go for the biggest vehicles?
gotta love women drivers...
ReplyDeleteHow do you mistake the sound of a bike stuck under truck for a deer or dog?
ReplyDelete10:47 Oh, grow up.
Isn't this ironic...
ReplyDeleteA tragic death. A stupid death, too. You have to be INSANE to bike on roads in PG County. I know of two men killed biking to work at Goddard. People over there aren't looking out for you on a bike, and it's just not worth risking your neck to cut down on your carbon footprint like that.
ReplyDeleteI used to try to bike over there and got harassed by perverts, nearly grazed by absent minded drivers in a hurry or swerved at by creeps. Just not worth it.