A 66-year-old man has been recognized by police because the alleged driver who plowed into a toddler’s front-yard party over the weekend in Bladensburg, Maryland, killing a girl and leaving 13 others injured, together with eight youngsters.
The suspect, Joseph Sunday of Washington, D.C., was arrested on Monday, based on the Bladensburg Police Division.
Sunday was charged with two counts of negligent manslaughter with a automobile and failure to stay on the scene of an accident the place a demise occurred, based on the police division.
Crime-scene tape was left throughout the road from a Bladensburg, Maryland dwelling, the place a hit-and-run crash, Oct. 18, 2025, left one individual lifeless and 13 others injured at a toddler’s party.
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The crash unfolded round 10 p.m. on Saturday when a automobile touring in reverse in a Bladensburg residential neighborhood plowed right into a crowd gathered on the entrance garden of a house for a kid’s party, based on police.
The automobile crashed into a celebration tent arrange on the garden, police stated. The driving force jumped out of the automobile and ran from the scene, however later surrendered to police, authorities stated.
It stays below investigation what brought on the driving force to crash unto the celebration, together with whether or not the suspect was impaired on the time of the crash, based on Bladensburg police officers.
The girl killed within the crash was recognized by police as 31-year-old Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez of Washington, D.C.
5 adults and eight youngsters, ranging in age from 1 to 17, had been hospitalized with accidents, based on police. One younger woman and a toddler had been initially handled for essential accidents, based on Prince George’s County Fireplace and EMS Division.
