The Baltimore County Police were investigating a hit-and-run crash on Hammershire Road Thursday afternoon that killed a pedestrian.
Police said officers initially received a call from a person yelling in the street at Hammershire and Reisterstown Road around 3:41 p.m. Thursday. Minutes later, a second call was received for a person lying in the roadway at the same location.
Police identified the man as Williard Eugene Scram, 67, who was lying on the ground in the 900 block of Shirley Manor Road next to the curb. Police speculate that man was struck in the southbound lane of the road by a passenger vehicle that continued southbound on Hammershire Road and turned westbound onto Reisterstown Road.
Scram was taken to Sinai Hospital where he died, police said.
Anyone who may have witnessed the accident or have additional information is asked to contact police at 410-307-2020. The Baltimore County Police Crash Investigation Team was continuing to investigate this incident.
–Cecily Jackson