Victim Stories

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Unquantifiable Tragedy

Below is a snapshot of individuals lost to traffic violence in Montgomery County in recent years:

May 21, 2023 – Hernan Zuasnabar Cunyas, a pedestrian, age 46, fatally injured in Wheaton on MD586
May 12, 2023 – Elijah Miles, a pedestrian, age 14, was fatally injured on in Germantown, near SVHS
 March 16, 2023 – Teklu Bushen Siba, a pedestrian, age 75, from Silver Spring
 February 5, 2023 – Ruth Noemi Bermudez Chavez, a pedestrian, age 23, from Silver Spring
 February 2, 2023 – Sterling David Brown, a pedestrian, age 67, from Hyattsville, MD
 December 21, 2022 – Phillip Kwang Bon Uh, a pedestrian, from Gaithersburg
 December 1, 2022 – Oscar Linares, a bicyclist, age 65, from Rockville
 November 22, 2022 – Paul Shinn, a pedestrian, from Adamstown, MD
 November 11, 2022 – Sonia Mejia, a pedestrian, from Rockville
November 8, 2022 – Ana Ortiz and Miguel Ortiz, pedestrians, from Gaithersburg
October 28, 2022 – William Villavicencio, pedestrian/bicyclist, from Aspen Hill
October 22, 2022 – Selvin Reniery Flores Lagos, a pedestrian, from Gaithersburg
August, 25, 2022 – Sarah Langenkamp, a bicyclist, from Bethesda
July, 10, 2022 – Prabodh and Nirmala Vaid, motorists, from Aspen Hill
June 24, 2022 – Randall Gibson, a pedestrian, from Rockville
June 3, 2022 – Vidal Juarez Godinez, a pedestrian, from Wheaton
May 28, 2022 – Enzo Marcel Alvarenga, a bicyclist, from Bethesda
May 6, 2022 – Carole Weiss, a pedestrian, from Bethesda
May, 2022 – Muhammad Haekal Saifullah Elsyaf, a pedestrian from Bethesda
April 28, 2022 – Eric Grosse, a pedestrian, from Bethesda
January 17, 2022 – Moges Alemnew Webete, a pedestrian, from Silver Spring
January 17, 2022 – Luz Roa, a pedestrian, from Wheaton

  • 3/4/2016 Beza K Mesfin, 26 years old, killed while walking at E Randolph Rd & Tourmaline Ct in Fairland
  • 4/30/2016 MAN NOT IDENTIFIED TO THE PUBLIC, killed while using a wheelchair at E Gude Dr & Calhoun Dr in Rockville
  • 6/2/2016 Santos Escobar Villatoro, 16 years old, killed while bicycling at S Frederick Rd & Cedar Ave in Gaithersburg 
  • 7/17/2016 Oscar Mauricio Gutierrez Osorio, 31 years old, killed while bicycling at Veirs Mill Rd at the Matthew Henson Trail in Viers Mill
  • 8/4/2016 Julius Henry Newton, 77 years old, killed while walking at Layhill Rd near Bel Pre Rd in Aspen Hill
  • 8/31/2016 Simon Saikmon Eng, 65 years old, killed while walking at Bells Mill Rd & Windsor View Dr in Potomac
  • 10/16/2016 Pedro Mendoza, 54 years old, killed while walking at Norbeck Rd & Baltimore Rd in Rockville
  • 10/17/2016 Ned Gaylin, 81 years old, killed while bicycling at Little Falls Pkway near Arlington Rd at the Capital Crescent Trail in Bethesda
  • 10/24/2016 Robert Michael Grossman, 64 years old, killed while walking at Georgia Ave & Regina Dr in Silver Spring
  • 12/6/2016 Esther Erestain Contreras, 63 years old, killed while walking at Chapman Ave & Bouic Ave by Twinbrook Metro in Rockville
  • 1/15/2017 Consuelo Anglarill, 82 years old, killed while walking at Georgia Ave & Reedie Dr in Wheaton
  • 2/1/2017 Collins Ellison, 66 years old, killed while walking in the parking lot of Cresthaven Elementary School in Silver Spring
  • 3/4/2017 Donald Morgan Jr, 49 years old, killed while walking at Colesville Rd & Fenton St, downtown Silver Spring
  • 5/18/2017 WOMAN NOT IDENTIFIED TO THE PUBLIC, killed while walking at Woodfield Rd & Emory Grove Rd in Emory Grove
  • 6/20/2017 Richard Lee Cooper, 64 years old, killed while walking at Middlebrook Rd & Great Seneca Hwy in Germantown
  • 9/6/2017 Loreto Andal Canubas, 74 years old, killed while using an electric bicycle or scooter at Veirs Mill Rd & Norris Dr in Wheaton 
  • 9/26/2017 Svetlana Bychkova, 76 years old, killed while walking at Muddy Branch Rd & Harmony Hall Rd in Gaithersburg
  • 10/21/2017 Jaumoithe Houseal, 19 years old, killed while walking at Shady Grove Rd & Crabbs Branch Way in Rockville
  • 11/1/2017 James Sexton Byrne, 79 years old, killed while walking at New Hampshire Ave & Larch Ave in Takoma Park
  • 11/9/2017 Elaine Rowena Allen, 71 years old, killed while walking at Columbia Pike & Hillwood Dr in Silver Spring
  • 12/13/17 MAN NOT IDENTIFIED TO THE PUBLIC, killed while walking at Rockville Pike & Church St in Rockville 
  • 12/16/17 Inmar Alejan Garmendez-Escobar, 30 years old, killed while walking at Piney Branch Rd & Garland Ave in Silver Spring
  • 5/6/18 My Huong T. Nguyen, 45 years old, killed while standing by a car after a car crash near Columbia Pike & Fairland Rd in Fairland 
  • 6/2/18 Silvano Lemus, 43 years old, killed while walking at Hungerford Dr in Rockville, near Montgomery College
  • 6/9/18 Edwin Diaz, 38 years old, killed while walking at University Blvd W & Fern St in Wheaton
  • 6/10/18 Omar Rivas Cardenas, 52 years old, killed while walking at Huggins Drive near Veirs Mill Rd in Wheaton
  • 6/21/18 Channea Sreng, 37 years old, killed while walking at New Hampshire Ave & Oakview Dr in Silver Spring
  • 7/16/18 Kathleen Howard, 83 years old, killed by her own car in the church parking lot on White Ground Rd in Boyds
  • 8/11/18 Leonel A. Reyes, 58 years old, killed while walking at Georgia Ave & Veirs Mill Rd in Wheaton
  • 8/16/18 Julio Danery Rodriguez-Gonzalez, 34 years old, killed while walking at Norbeck Rd & East Gude Dr in Rockville
  • 8/20/18 Tierno Siradiou Bah, 69 years old, killed while walking at Georgia Ave & Glenallan Ave in Wheaton
  • 8/24/18 Mauricio Leonidas Correra, 41 years old, killed while walking at Georgia Ave & Reedie Drive by Wheaton Metro in Wheaton
  • 10/18/2018 – Dingguo Guo, 61 years old, killed while walking at Hungerford Drive in Rockville near Montgomery College
  • 11/7/2018 Jaimie Roberto Diaz Caceres, 47 years old, killed while bicycling at Randolph Rd & Goodhill Rd in Wheaton-Glenmont.
  • 11/20/2018 Li Zhang, 52 years old, killed while walking at South Summit Ave & Wells Ave by the MARC station in Gaithersburg
  • 12/16/2018 Nancy Jean Soulen, 87 years old, killed while walking at Darnestown Road & Ancient Oak Drive in Darnestown
  • 12/20/2018 Joyce Brown, 50 years old, killed while walking at Middlebrook Road & Ridgecrest Drive in Germantown
  • 12/20/2018 Dona Cicy H Amarasekara, 74 years old, killed while walking at Old Georgetown Road & Kingswood Road in Bethesda 
  • 1/26/2019 Alberto Alexander Duque, 30 years old, killed while walking at Layhill Road & Greenery Lane in Glenmont
  • 2/10/2019 Tam Minh Pham, 69 years old, struck while walking at Montgomery Village Ave & Midcounty Highway in Montgomery Village, died on 2/28/2019
  • 3/26/2019 Antonio Martinez Cruz, 3 years old, killed in the Sandy Spring bank parking lot on Rockville Pike near Veirs Mill Rd in Rockville
  • 3/23/2019 Jiayun Karen Liang, 36 years old, struck while walking at Beall Ave & Maryland Ave in downtown Rockville, died on 3/29/2019
  • 4/8/2019 Tyrone Alonzo Jones, 36 years old, killed while walking on I-270N near Germantown Rd in Germantown
  • 4/11/2019 Huo K Li, 83 years old, struck while walking at 650 Hungerford Dr in Rockville, died on 4/17/2019
  • 5/31/2019 Michael Joseph Roberts, 60 years old, struck while walking at N Frederick Ave & Travis Ave in Gaithersburg, died on 7/5/2019
  • 7/20/2019 Jennifer DiMauro, 31 years old, struck while walking at Tuckerman Ln & Kings Riding Way in Bethesda, died on 7/24/2019
  • 7/31/2019 Jacob Cassell, 17 years old, killed while bicycling at Old Georgetown Rd & Beech Dr in Bethesda, died on 8/1/2019
  • 8/27/2019 Roger Adin Martinez, 24 years old, killed while walking at Randolph Rd & Glenmont Circle in Glenmont
  • 9/11/2019 Eleanor Cohen, 78 years old, killed while walking on Copley Place at Crown in Gaithersburg.
  • 10/13/2019 Julio Vargas Valerio, 67 years old, killed while walking at University Blvd E & Seek Lane in Takoma Park.
  • 11/6/2019 Kankanige Chandralatha (Chandra) Perera, 77 years old, killed while walking at McAuliffe Dr & Linthicum St in Rockville.
  • 12/9/2019 Rita Jo Sultan, 81 years old, killed while walking at W University Blvd & Warwick Towers in Kemp Mill.
  • 12/12/2019 Child, 9 years old, killed while walking at Tanglewood Dr & Millwood Rd in Bethesda.
  • 1/6/2019 Jose Renan Guillen, 75 years old, killed while walking at Georgia Ave & Aspen Hill Rd in Aspen Hill.
  • 1/15/2019 Michael Gamboa, 40, killed while walking at Rockville Pike at Federal Plaza in Rockville.
  • 1/16/2019 Brett Richard Badin, 32, killed while walking at Rockville Pike near Wootton Parkway in Rockville.
  • Jennifer Demauro
  • Jacob Cassell
  • Jamie Diaz Cacesres
  • Brett Badin
  • Michael Gamboa
  • Julio Vargas Valerio
  • Santos Gool Gonzalez
  • Wilmer Gomez Gonzalez
  • Jose Lopez Hernandez
  • Jose Flores Amaya
  • James White, Jr.
  • Larry Willis
  • Rita Sultan
  • Eyal Haddad
  • Kitti Tong
  • Marc Henderson
  • Zoila Cruz de Dominguez
  • Channea Sreng
  • DeCarlo Thomas
  • Claire Grossman
  • Etsegenet Hurrissa
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