Alcohol Likely Factor in Pedestrian Death: Police

CROFTON, MD — A Gambrills man who may have been intoxicated died early Friday after he was hit by a car while trying to cross Crain Highway, authorities said.

Niccolo Teobaldo Canning, 21, of 2415 Arapaho Way in Gambrills, was struck on Crain Hwy (MD-3) northbound near Crossgate Drive in Crofton.

Witnesses said a 2012 Toyota Avalon driven by David Brown, 50, of Bowie, was northbound on MD-3 when it struck Canning. The victim was standing in the roadway just north of Crossgate Drive, say Anne Arundel County Police.

Canning was declared dead at the scene by Anne Arundel County Fire Department personnel and was taken to the medical examiner’s office in Baltimore for an autopsy.

Investigators say the crash occurred because Canning did not yield to vehicles while in the roadway outside of a crosswalk.

Neither speed nor alcohol appears to be involved on the part of the driver, police say, but alcohol does appear to have been a contributing factor for the pedestrian.

Any charges are pending review by the State’s Attorney.