Crime & Safety
Germantown Driver Involved in Pedestrian Fatality in Potomac
Police: 81-year-old woman was hit by an SUV in a Giant Food parking lot.
An 81-year-old Potomac woman died after being struck by a vehicle driven by a Germantown resident in a Potomac grocery store parking lot Sunday, county police said.
Hyun Jeung In, 43, of Germantown, was driving a 2009 Acura MDX that hit Shirley Stearman, 81, of Potomac, around 2 p.m., Montgomery County police said in a news release. Stearman was walking from her vehicle toward Giant Food at 7919 Tuckerman Lane in the Cabin John Shopping Center and Mall, police said.
Stearman later died from her injuries at Suburban Hospital.
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The crash is still under investigation. Police have asked anyone with information to call 240-773-6620.
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