A 66-year-old man has been recognized by police because the alleged driver who plowed into a toddler’s front-yard celebration over the weekend in Bladensburg, Maryland, killing a girl and leaving 13 others injured, together with eight kids.
The suspect, Joseph Sunday of Washington, D.C., was arrested on Monday, in accordance with 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 dying occurred, in accordance with the police division.
Crime-scene tape was left throughout the road from a Bladensburg, Maryland residence, the place a hit-and-run crash, Oct. 18, 2025, left one particular person lifeless and 13 others injured at a toddler’s celebration.
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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 celebration, in accordance with police.
The automobile crashed into a celebration tent arrange on the garden, police stated. The motive 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, in accordance with Bladensburg police officers.
It was unclear on Tuesday if Sunday has employed an lawyer.
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 kids, ranging in age from 1 to 17, have been hospitalized with accidents, in accordance with police. One younger woman and a toddler have been initially handled for crucial accidents, in accordance with Prince George’s County Fireplace and EMS Division.
Throughout a information convention on Monday, Bladensburg performing Police Chief Daniel Frishkorn stated three victims, a toddler and two adults, remained hospitalized.
