Driver turned himself in to Maryland authorities after initially fleeing scene, where eight children were injured<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A driver rammed into a group of people at a children\u2019s birthday party outside of Washington DC<\/a> late on Saturday, killing a woman in her 30s and injuring at least 14 others, eight of whom were children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement<\/a> released by the Bladensburg police department in Maryland<\/a>, they announced that the driver of the striking vehicle had turned himself in and had been identified as a 66 year-old man from the surrounding area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe hit and run vehicle collision has been updated to a fatality,\u201d they announced in an update on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Officers were called to the scene shortly after 10pm, where the vehicle had struck several people gathered outside a home for a child\u2019s birthday party. Eleven people were taken to local hospitals, including children ranging in age from two to nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The driver fled the scene of the incident on foot but eventually handed himself in to authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement on social media, the Prince George\u2019s county fire and emergency medical services department confirmed that one woman and child had been transported in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The police confirmed on Sunday that one of the women being treated had succumbed to her injuries, and identified her as 31-year-old Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n