PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — A 56-year-old man is dead after he was hit by a car in Prince George's County while working road construction late Tuesday night, police said.
Prince George's County Police Department officers responded to the area of Indian Head Highway and Kerby Hill Road for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian. Once on scene, officers found a man lying in the road.
The man hit was working as a roadway construction worker, and police said he was standing between several traffic cones on a closed section of the road when a driver crashed into him, before hitting a median and a second car.
The man hit was pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified by police as Huerta Melendez, a 56-year-old man from Montgomery Village, Maryland.
The driver who hit Melendez was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. The second driver was not injured.
While the investigation is ongoing, police ask anyone who may have information to call Prince George's County Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS.