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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Woman on Way to Job Interview Hit, Killed on Indian Head Highway

(Click on the image for Tracee Wilkins' News4 report)
  • A 24-year-old woman on her way to a job interview was killed Thursday as she crossed what has been called the most dangerous road in the D.C. area. Samira Jenkins was hit by a car near the intersection of Indian Head Highway (Route 210) and Kerby Hill Road, her family says. She was pronounced dead at the scene. "One day you're laughing and smiling, and the next day, she's gone," Jenkins' brother, Derrick Patterson, said. "You just wish you could have that time back and you can't."
  • Prince George's County police say that according to the preliminary investigation, Jenkins, of Oxon Hill, was hit in a crosswalk of Indian Head Highway. Investigators are working to determine if she had the right of way.
  • AAA calls Indian Head Highway one of the most dangerous roads in the D.C. area.
  • Posted on the Police Blog
  • On WJLA: 'Woman struck, killed by car in Prince George's County while going to job interview'
  • Teresa Settle: "So, so sad. Sending prayers to her family and friends as well as the driver. That person whether at fault or not has to live with the fact that they killed someone. A hard thing to live with. Another young life taken in an instant. Life certainly isn't fair and no parent should have to bury a child."