Silver Spring Man Struck, Killed In Pedestrian Collision: Police

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County Police are investigating a pedestrian collision that killed a 46-year-old Silver Spring man early Sunday morning, according to a release.

MCDP officers and units from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue responded around 5:04 a.m., for the report of a pedestrian being struck in the area of Veirs Mill and Newport Mill roads.

Investigators determined that a dark blue 2007 Toyota Rav4 was traveling eastbound on Veirs Mill Road when it struck a pedestrian, whom police identified on Monday as Hernan Zuasnabar Cunyas.

Cunyas was pronounced dead and the driver of the Rav4 remained on the scene following the collision, according to police.

Detectives from MCDP's Crash Reconstruction Unit are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact them at 240-773-6620.