{"id":25514,"date":"2022-08-16T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=25514"},"modified":"2022-08-22T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T22:33:16","slug":"driver-and-vehicle-sought-in-wicomico-co-fatal-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2022\/08\/16\/driver-and-vehicle-sought-in-wicomico-co-fatal-hit-and-run\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Driver And Vehicle Sought In Wicomico Co. Fatal Hit And Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UPDATE: Further investigation has revealed more evidence from the scene that links the crash to other vehicles involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Investigators believe the crash occurred at approximately 4:00 a.m. Additional information gleaned through further investigation of the crash has ruled out the blue and white truck, initially listed as a vehicle of interest.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, video surveillance of the area where the crash occurred developed additional vehicles of interest.\u00a0 One vehicle was identified as a white Ford Edge.\u00a0 On 8\/22\/2022 that vehicle was located and identified as a 2009 Ford Edge.\u00a0 The vehicle has been seized and is being stored at the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack pending further investigation.<\/p>\n

Another vehicle of interest has been developed as being involved in the crash after forensic analysis of vehicle debris at the scene identified the parts as belonging to a Kia Soul, believed to be a light colored Kia Soul between the model years 2016 and 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyone with information relevant to the investigation is urged to contact the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack at 410-749-3101.<\/p>\n

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(Salisbury, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police are searching for the vehicle and driver believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run crash early this morning in Wicomico County.<\/p>\n

The victim is identified as Colin Henny Lin, 29, of Lewes, Delaware. He was pronounced deceased on the scene by emergency medical service personnel. Lin was operating an Apollo motorized scooter at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n

The preliminary investigation reveals Lin was attempting to cross the northbound lanes of U.S. Rt. 13 from a center median cross-over near Oliphant Street in Salisbury. Investigators believe he traveled into lane number three where he was struck by a commercial vehicle in a bobtail configuration. The bobtail was not pulling a trailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Video surveillance obtained of the crash shows the incident occurred at 3:41 a.m.\u00a0 The truck appeared to be traveling northbound in lane three.\u00a0 Video of the truck identifies it as a blue truck with a sleeper berth with a white stripe down the side.\u00a0 A photograph taken from video surveillance is provided below.<\/p>\n

Troopers from the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack responded to the scene along with deputies from the Wicomico County Sheriff\u2019s Office and officers from the Salisbury City Police Department. The Office of the State\u2019s Attorney in Wicomico County also responded to the scene. Personnel from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration responded to assist with road closures and detours. The Maryland State Police Crash Team is leading the investigation.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information that could assist in identifying the owner or operator of the commercial vehicle is urged to contact the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack at 410-749-3101 or Corporal Kevin Moore of the Maryland State Police Crash Team at 410-819-4721.<\/p>\n

The investigation continues..<\/p>\n

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CONTACT:\u00a0 Office of Media Communications, msp.media@maryland.gov<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Further investigation has revealed more evidence from the scene that links the crash to other vehicles involved.\u00a0 Investigators believe the crash occurred at approximately 4:00 a.m. Additional information gleaned through further investigation of the crash has ruled out the blue and white truck, initially listed as a vehicle of interest. During the investigation, video  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barrackse-salisbury","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25564,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25514\/revisions\/25564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}