TEMPLE HILLS, Md. — Editor's note: The above video is from February 12, 2022.
Maryland State Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash in Temple Hills.
Maryland State Police troopers were called to a report of a crash involving a pedestrian on Branch Avenue (Route 5) at Interstate 495 around 1:45 a.m. Monday. When troopers arrived on the scene, they found a man had been hit by a car. The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to troopers.
Police confirmed that, according to a preliminary investigation, the victim has been identified as Felnibe Patefagou, 38, of Lanham, Maryland.
Patefagou was walking across the northbound lanes of Branch Avenue (MD 5) when he was struck in the left lane by what investigators believe to be a 2001-2005 Honda Civic, police said. They originally described it as a red Kia Optima.
Investigators say the striking vehicle left the scene of the crash.
The northbound lanes of Branch Avenue were closed early Monday while the crash is investigated but have since reopened. Maryland State Police crash reconstruction investigators were called to the scene.
Anyone with information about this case should contact Maryland State Police's Forestville Barrack at 301-568-8101.