Maryland man hits, kills wife with SUV outside Capital One Bank: police
The Maryland man was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man fatally struck his wife with an SUV on Friday as she was coming out of a Washington D.C.-area Capital One Bank, police said.
Alka Himanshu Tanna, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was coming out of the bank on New Hampshire Avenue around noon and was crossing a parking lot when she was hit by an oncoming vehicle, the Montgomery County Police Department said.
Himanshu Maganlal Tanna, 59, is charged intentionally hitting his with a car outside a Capital One Bank. (Montgomery County Police Department)
The car was a white Lexus being driven by her husband, identified as Himanshu Maganlal Tanna, the agency said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 59-year-old accelerated and struck his wife several times, police said. He then crashed into a nearby lamp post after knocking down a front column outside the bank.
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No one else was in the car during the deadly incident. When officers arrived at the scene, Tanna provided a statement and was taken into custody, police said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bond.
A Capital One Bank on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Mary;and (Google Maps)
A motive for the alleged killing has not been determined.