Howard County police are investigating a fatal pedestrian collision in Laurel on Saturday night.
At approximately 5:34 p.m., police were called to Washington Boulevard just north of Maier Road for a report of a vehicle that struck a woman and then left the scene. The woman, 58-year-old Mary Yin Hiong Chee of College Park, was transported to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where she was pronounced dead overnight.
The driver of the striking vehicle called police later Saturday night and was located at a nearby hotel along with the vehicle, a 2004 Volkswagen Passat. Through preliminary investigation, police believe that the woman was walking along the side of the northbound lanes of Washington Boulevard when she was struck.
The investigation is ongoing; no charges have been filed at this time.
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