Maryland woman killed by stolen forklift, suspect at large: police
Investigators said the suspect encountered the woman in a business parking lot
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Maryland woman was killed by a stolen forklift and a manhunt was underway for the suspect, police said Sunday.
Charles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a home improvement store in the 2500 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf – about 30 miles south of D.C. – around 12:40 a.m. Sunday.
Witnesses said the suspect broke into the business, stole a forklift, and fled by ramming the gates.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The suspect was already gone by the time deputies arrived.
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Police released this photo of a car - similar to the one the woman was driving. Police said the woman's dark copper-colored, 2019 Ford Fusion was stolen. (Charles County Sheriff's Office)
Deputies canvassed the area and eventually located the forklift – with a deceased woman underneath. The suspect was nowhere to be seen.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Investigators later determined that the suspect encountered the woman in the parking lot of a business, hit her with the forklift and took off in her car – a dark-colored, 2019 Ford Fusion with damage to the passenger side of the vehicle and a missing side mirror.
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The woman’s identity has not yet been released.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It remains unclear what relation, if any, she had to the suspect.