83-Year-Old Woman Dies in Rockville Crash

An 83-year-old Silver Spring woman died after a driver hit her on North Horners Lane in Rockville on April 16, police said. (montgomerycountymd.gov) Montgomery County police identified her as Thuong Luu Thai. Officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue crews responded at about 3:40 p.m. near Southlawn Lane and found her in the roadway with serious injuries. (montgomerycountymd.gov) Police said a black 2011 Acura RDX was traveling northbound on North Horners Lane when it struck Thai near the Southlawn Lane intersection. The driver stayed at the scene, and investigators said there were no signs of impairment. (montgomerycountymd.gov) What police have not settled is how Thai entered the roadway. The department said her path of travel remains under investigation and described the case as active and ongoing. (montgomerycountymd.gov) The crash happened in Rockville’s Southlawn and Gude Drive area, a district of light industrial and office uses with warehouses, businesses and through traffic rather than a traditional downtown street grid. (rockvillemd.gov; rockvilleredi.org) Rockville and Montgomery County are both pursuing Vision Zero programs that aim to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Rockville adopted its action plan in 2020, and Montgomery County says it was among the first county governments in the United States to launch one. (rockvillemd.gov; montgomerycountymd.gov) Montgomery County’s transportation department also runs pedestrian road safety audits in high-crash areas, using crash history and field reviews to flag places for engineering changes. County planners maintain an interactive crash map with data updated weekly. (montgomerycountymd.gov; montgomeryplanning.org) Statewide, Maryland’s Zero Deaths dashboard reported 97 roadway fatalities year to date as of its April 19 update. Thai’s death adds another case to the local toll as investigators work to determine exactly what happened on North Horners Lane. (zerodeathsmd.gov; montgomerycountymd.gov)