WASHINGTON – A motorcycle accident in Hyattsville, Maryland in front of The Mall at Prince George’s, killed a child and injured multiple people Saturday afternoon, according to Prince George’s police.
Alejandro Santos, 7, of Cherrywood Terrace in Greenbelt was killed in the crash.
The accident occurred around 4:15 p.m. on May 23, when the motorcycle was traveling west on East-West Highway. After getting cut off by a turning four-door sedan car, the motorcycle crashed and the rider flew into the air over a car. The motorcycle then hit a crowd of four pedestrians on a nearby sidewalk.
Those four victims were taken to the hospital, where Santos later died. The motorcycle driver does not have life-threatening injuries, according to a spokeswoman with the Price George’s County Police Department.
East-West Highway between Belcrest and Toledo Roads was closed earlier as police conducted an investigation into the accident but the road has since reopened.
