Student fatally injured in hit-and-run accident
Driver of the vehicle was released after questioning by police
Baltimore Police continue to investigate the hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of junior Miriam Frankl on Friday.
Investigators have questioned the owner of the white Ford F-250 truck that fatally injured Frankl while making an illegal left turn onto E. University Parkway from St. Paul St at 3:20 p.m.
The driver fled the scene. Frankl passed away the following morning in the University of Maryland Shock Trauma unit.
The owner of the car turned himself in to police on Monday night, but was released after questioning. Police have not yet stated whether they believe he was driving the car at the time of the accident.
"He came in, spoke with our crash detectives, we questioned him and ultimately we released him," Baltimore Police Detective Donny Moses said.
Police declined to release the owner's name and whether or not he was driving the truck at the time of the accident.
"The investigation is still ongoing and open. Once we compile all the evidence, we will turn it over to the state attorney's office, where he will ultimately be indicted," Moses said.
The truck involved was found on Saturday night, legally parked on the 3800 block of Edgarton Road in Northwest Baltimore.
The white Ford F-250 had a decal from Tate Engineering Systems. Moses said that though the truck was originally owned by the company, it had been sold to a private individual.
In a statement from Tate Engineering Systems, a spokesperson said that the vehicle had been sold along with a number of other retired company vehicles in August or September of 2008.
The truck has since been resold to a private owner.
The company also determined that the owner is not and has never been employed by the Tate Engineering Systems company.
"This is an extraordinarily tragic development and everybody at the University is greatly saddened by this news," Hopkins spokesman Dennis O'Shea said.
"All our students are important to us, all our students make up our Johns Hopkins community, and the loss of any student is a loss for everybody."
O'Shea said that while other Hopkins students have been injured in traffic incidents in the past, he could not recall there ever being a hit-and-run incident involving a student in the recent past.
Hopkins does not have any plans to increase security at the corner where Frankl was hit because it is not owned by the University.
"We would all like to be able to rid the world of hit-and-run drivers, but I don't know if that's in the University's power," O'Shea said.
Several Greek Week events that had been scheduled for last weekend were canceled in light of Frankl's death.
The scheduled tailgate was turned into an event of reflection and community gathering.
"The thought was that reframing this event would provide an opportunity for our community to come together in the wake of this tragedy to reflect, support one another, and to simply be together," Greek Life Coordinator Rob Turning wrote in an email sent to the chapter presidents of the University's sororities and fraternities on Thursday morning.
Anyone with information concerning the case should contact the Baltimore Police investigators via the anonymous police tip line at (410) 276-8888.
Investigators have questioned the owner of the white Ford F-250 truck that fatally injured Frankl while making an illegal left turn onto E. University Parkway from St. Paul St at 3:20 p.m.
The driver fled the scene. Frankl passed away the following morning in the University of Maryland Shock Trauma unit.
The owner of the car turned himself in to police on Monday night, but was released after questioning. Police have not yet stated whether they believe he was driving the car at the time of the accident.
"He came in, spoke with our crash detectives, we questioned him and ultimately we released him," Baltimore Police Detective Donny Moses said.
Police declined to release the owner's name and whether or not he was driving the truck at the time of the accident.
"The investigation is still ongoing and open. Once we compile all the evidence, we will turn it over to the state attorney's office, where he will ultimately be indicted," Moses said.
The truck involved was found on Saturday night, legally parked on the 3800 block of Edgarton Road in Northwest Baltimore.
The white Ford F-250 had a decal from Tate Engineering Systems. Moses said that though the truck was originally owned by the company, it had been sold to a private individual.
In a statement from Tate Engineering Systems, a spokesperson said that the vehicle had been sold along with a number of other retired company vehicles in August or September of 2008.
The truck has since been resold to a private owner.
The company also determined that the owner is not and has never been employed by the Tate Engineering Systems company.
"This is an extraordinarily tragic development and everybody at the University is greatly saddened by this news," Hopkins spokesman Dennis O'Shea said.
"All our students are important to us, all our students make up our Johns Hopkins community, and the loss of any student is a loss for everybody."
O'Shea said that while other Hopkins students have been injured in traffic incidents in the past, he could not recall there ever being a hit-and-run incident involving a student in the recent past.
Hopkins does not have any plans to increase security at the corner where Frankl was hit because it is not owned by the University.
"We would all like to be able to rid the world of hit-and-run drivers, but I don't know if that's in the University's power," O'Shea said.
Several Greek Week events that had been scheduled for last weekend were canceled in light of Frankl's death.
The scheduled tailgate was turned into an event of reflection and community gathering.
"The thought was that reframing this event would provide an opportunity for our community to come together in the wake of this tragedy to reflect, support one another, and to simply be together," Greek Life Coordinator Rob Turning wrote in an email sent to the chapter presidents of the University's sororities and fraternities on Thursday morning.
Anyone with information concerning the case should contact the Baltimore Police investigators via the anonymous police tip line at (410) 276-8888.
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Anon
posted 10/26/09 @ 9:45 AM EST
Man arrested in this case according to the Baltimore Sun:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.meighan25oct25,0,3929063. (Continued…)
Analytical essay
posted 10/26/09 @ 4:54 PM EST
This is terrible news. I would all like to be able to rid the world of hit-and-run drivers too
Las Vegas Movers
posted 10/30/09 @ 4:37 PM EST
Quote:
"The thought was that reframing this event would provide an opportunity for our community to come together in the wake of this tragedy to reflect, support one another, and to simply be together," Greek Life Coordinator Rob Turning wrote in an email sent to the chapter presidents of the University's sororities and fraternities on Thursday morning. (Continued…)
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