Man, 67, dies two weeks after being hit by vehicle in Gaithersburg

A 67-year-old man died two weeks after a Toyota sport utility vehicle struck him in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County Police said Tuesday.

Tesfaye Fugago Liranso of Gaithersburg stepped into the westbound travel lane of West Deer Park Road around 2:30 p.m. on July 24, police said in a news release. He was struck by a 2018 Toyota RAV4 driver traveling westbound on the road.

Police believe Liranso might have been experiencing a medical emergency at the time he entered the street. The Toyota RAV4 driver remained on the scene, and Liranso was transported to the hospital, officials said. He died there on Saturday Aug. 8.

Funeral arrangements for Liranso are scheduled for Saturday in Gaithersburg.

Montgomery and Baltimore counties have the second-most crash fatalities so far this year, each with 30, compared to 38 in Prince George’s County, according to state data.

Also Saturday, another 67-year-old man, Harold Christopher Christner, of Frederick was killed after a Chrysler Pacifica minivan he was a passenger in collided with a Ford Transit van near Damascus.

Days earlier, William Vance Payne II, 58, of Berryville, Virginia, was fatally struck in Gaithersburg by a stolen car seven minors were riding in.