GLENMONT, MD — A five-year-old child was hospitalized Thursday after being hit by a car in the Glenmont area, authorities said.
Pete Piringer, of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said in an X post that the pedestrian crash occurred on the 2200 block of Randolph Road, near Glenmont Circle.
First responders were dispatched to the scene shortly after 6 p.m.
Piringer said the child had been trying to cross the street, and that they were taken to the hospital for further evaluation. The child was described as having suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
No further details regarding the incident were provided.
An investigation into the crash remains ongoing.
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