Witnesses Tried to Help Man Fatally Hit by Car in Silver Spring

A man in his mid-60s was hit by a car and killed Monday morning as he tried to cross a road to catch a bus, Montgomery County police said. 

Robert Michael Grossman, 64, was struck by a Toyota Camry just before 7 a.m. Monday in the northbound lanes of Georgia Avenue at Regina Drive in Silver Spring. 

Leanna Vogt was waiting for her bus to school and tried to help the victim after the crash.

"I'm more in shock that I had to witness something like this," Vogt said. "We were talking to 911 and they told me to flip him, lay him on his back."

Despite the efforts of witnesses at the scene, the victim later died of his injuries at a hospital. 

The driver of the striking vehicle remained at the scene. The driver, a Hyattsville man, was not injured.

Police say Grossman was not in a marked crosswalk at the time the crash. But crosswalks in the area are few and far between. 

"Later on the department will work with the county agencies to determine whether or not improvement can be made to make it safer for everyone," said Montgomery County Police Sergeant Nick Picerno. 

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