Man Killed After Being Run Over by Vehicle in Prince George's County

A man was found unresponsive in the middle of St. Barnabas Road at Virginia Lane around 9 p.m. Wednesday and was pronounced dead at the scene, the latest in a string of pedestrian fatalities along one of Prince George's County's most collision-prone roads.

Prince George's County Police Department officers responded to the area of St. Barnabas Road and Virginia Lane for a reported collision and found an adult male unresponsive in the middle of the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim's name has not been released. The road was closed in both directions as of 10:11 p.m. while investigators processed the scene. It is unclear if the vehicle involved stayed at the scene.

The fatal crash is under investigation as authorities try to figure out what led to the incident. Anyone with information is urged to contact PG Crime Solvers online or submit a tip using the P3 Tips app.

Wednesday's death adds to a grim tally along St. Barnabas Road. Two deadly incidents have occurred along the same corridor within the span of a single month in the past, leaving families devastated and community members calling for justice. Berry Newton, whose 37-year-old daughter Portia Newton was killed in a hit-and-run on the road, urged drivers to slow down and pay closer attention to their surroundings, calling St. Barnabas Road "dangerous." In a separate incident, 56-year-old Temple Hills man Kilinia Rhone was killed at the 4700 block of St. Barnabas Road after an unidentified driver struck him while traveling northbound.

Prince George's County launched Vision Zero Prince George's, a countywide strategy to eliminate traffic-related serious injuries and fatalities by 2040, built around a High Injury Network that flags one-mile roadway segments with the greatest frequency and severity of crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists. The county received a $21,253,985 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant to implement safety and connectivity improvements along those high-injury network corridors. The county's pedestrian safety plan also set a target of reducing serious injuries and fatalities in half by 2030.

Whether infrastructure improvements have reached the Virginia Lane section of St. Barnabas Road remains unanswered. PGPD's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is continuing its investigation into Wednesday's crash.