Baltimore County Police Investigating Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash In Reisterstown
REISTERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) -- Baltimore County Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Hammershire Road that happened Thursday afternoon.
Police received a call shortly before 4 p.m. for a report of a person yelling in the street at Hammershire and Reisterstown Road.
A second call was received minutes later for a subject lying in the roadway at the same location.
Family Seeks Answers After 67-Year-Old Willard Scram Killed In Hit-And-Run Off Reisterstown Road
"We are wondering at this point if he was struck by another vehicle previous to the one that was reported to us which caused him to lay down in the street where he was then struck again, possibly," Jennifer Peach, of the Baltimore County Police Department, said.
Police have identified the victim as Williard Eugene Scram, 67 of the 900 block of Shirley Manor Road.
Scram was lying next to the curb in the southbound lane when he was struck by a passenger vehicle that continued southbound on Hammershire Road and turned westbound onto Reisterstown Road, according to police.
Police said the driver who struck Scram was behind the wheel of a brown or tan passenger vehicle that turned onto Reisterstown Road and took off.
He was transported to Sinai Hospital where he later died.
Neighbors told WJZ that they were left in shock and added that Scram was an animal lover and always friendly.
"I didn't believe it," an unidentified neighbor said. "Like, I did not believe it at all. I even walked outside to make sure I wasn't still sleeping."
Michele Gosselin said she's lived next door to Scram for 19 years and she spoke with him just hours before the crash happened. She said he told her he was going up to grocery store.
"He'll be missed," Gosselin said.
Anyone who may have witnessed any of these events, or may have any additional information, is asked to contact police at 410-307-2020. The Baltimore County Police Crash Investigation Team is continuing to investigate this incident.