Police Search For Suspect In Fatal Hit-And-Run On BW Parkway
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) -- A man is dead after being hit by a car on the Baltimore Washington Parkway. Now police are searching for the driver who did it.
Tracey Leong has the story.
Police are actively searching for the driver who struck a couple engaged to be married Sunday night just after 9 p.m.
The man, 38-year-old Rick Warrick, was killed on the Baltimore Washington Parkway near Route 197 in Anne Arundel County. The driver who hit him never stopped.
His family is asking the driver to surrender.
"If you have a child or any children, how would you feel if someone just ran over your child, killed your child and just kept going," said Warrick's mother, Charmaine Ferrell-Anthony.
Warrick was changing the tire on his maroon Hyundai and his fiancee was holding the flashlight when the two were hit.
"Why didn't you try to stop and help them or call for help?" said the fiancee's grandmother.
Police don't have a description of the car that hit Warrick and his fiancee, so they are hoping that anyone who was possibly driving this route at that time will come forward with information.
"He just was a happy-go-lucky person and I would give anything to get him back," said Ferrell-Anthony.
Warrick's two teenage children were sitting in the car at the time. The family was heading to Dave and Buster's at Arundel Mills Mall.
Warrick's mother says the couple was looking forward to their wedding.
"He loved life. He loved his family; he loved his kids," she said.
Warrick's fiancee was taken to Shock Trauma with non-life threatening injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to call US Park Police at 202-610-8737.
In a statement, the fiancee's family said, "[She] is listed in serious condition at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Her family wants to thank the many people who have expressed their support and concern and requests privacy at this difficult time. They also ask that media refrain from contacting [her] as they focus on her recovery."