Search continues for driver in deadly Silver Spring hit-and-run

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Jul 21, 2026
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Montgomery County police are pleading for the community's help tonight as they search
for the hit-and-run driver who killed a long-time federal worker in Silver Spring several weeks
ago.
Bob Barnard joining us live with this story.
Bob?
Yeah, Homa, it's been more than a month now since that hit-and-run here at Colesville
Road and Crestmore Drive in Silver Spring.
Police say a 61-year-old woman lost her life and was actually in the crosswalk at the time
of the collision.
Now, Skyfox was above the scene.
This was at about 1.15 p.m. on Friday, June 19th.
You can see Montgomery County police there investigating where Hannah Wagoya was killed.
Now, in the week since, police have been looking for this dark-colored Lexus RX SUV captured
on somebody's camera in this area that day.
Police say it's a model from the years 2009 to 2014 and may have had front-end damage.
These are not photos of the actual car, but ones like it.
We're told other traffic and home security cameras in the area did not capture another
image of the striking SUV.
Now, police believe the person driving that car either lives or was visiting somebody
who lives in Woodmore.
That's this neighborhood of Silver Spring where Ms. Wagoya was killed.
Now, there's a memorial here at the intersection.
Her son Nate says his mother was walking home from a nearby Trader Joe's at the time.
We're heartbroken.
We're frustrated.
And we cannot make sense of it because there's no sense to be made.
Someone took the person we love most in this world and drove away as if she were nothing.
Now, there are flowers here at the intersection where Ms. Wagoya was killed.
Now, her family says she came to the U.S. from Ethiopia more than 30 years ago, worked
for the U.S. Department of Transportation for two decades.
At a dead end in their investigation, police are now asking for the community's help.
We're not asking anyone to accuse their neighbors.
We're simply asking people to think back to June 19th.
Did you notice a vehicle with fresh damage?
Did someone tell you a story that didn't quite add up?
Did a friend, neighbor, or co-worker or family member suddenly remember something or have
damage to a Lexus or unexpectedly have one repaired?
Now, Ms. Wagoya's family is offering a $10,000 reward matching Montgomery County's $10,000.
So it's a $20,000 reward for anyone who has information about that driver who struck and
killed Hannah here a month ago.
And they're just, as you could hear in Nate's voice there, he's devastated.
He, for the 2019-2020 school year, was the student rep on Montgomery County's school board.
Guys.
