FOREST HEIGHTS, MD — A pedestrian is fighting for his life after being struck by a car on Indian Head Highway in Forest Heights early Wednesday.  Prince George's County Police responded to the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway at around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday to find a man <a href="https://twitter.com/PGPDNews/status/778521857762791424" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">suffering from critical injuries</a>, and transported him to the hospital.    The driver remained on the scene after the accident. Police <a href="https://twitter.com/PGPDNews/status/778522400715452416" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">say</a> the victim was not in a crosswalk.    <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Police_car_with_emergency_lights_on.jpg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Image via Wikimedia user Scott Davidson</a>

FOREST HEIGHTS, MD — A pedestrian is fighting for his life after being struck by a car on Indian Head Highway in Forest Heights early Wednesday.

Prince George's County Police responded to the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway at around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday to find a man <a href="https://twitter.com/PGPDNews/status/778521857762791424" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">suffering from critical injuries</a>, and transported him to the hospital.    The driver remained on the scene after the accident. Police <a href="https://twitter.com/PGPDNews/status/778522400715452416" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">say</a> the victim was not in a crosswalk.

<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Police_car_with_emergency_lights_on.jpg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Image via Wikimedia user Scott Davidson</a>

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