Pedestrian Dies After Hawthorne Crash


A pedestrian struck on Eastern Boulevard in Middle River late Monday night has died.

Officers were called to the scene on Eastern Boulevard near Kingston Road just after 11 p.m. on July 6 when the pedestrian attempted to cross Eastern Boulevard and stepped into the path of an oncoming Nissan Altima.

The pedestrian was not in a crosswalk at the time of the crash and the driver of the Nissan did remain at the scene.

The pedestrian, identified as Stephen Richard Garrett (44) of the 2200 block of Redthorn Road in the Hawthorne area of Middle River was transported by medics with critical injuries and died yesterday at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

The Baltimore County Police Crash Team is continuing to investigate the factors involved in this fatal crash.