Montgomery County police Tuesday afternoon identified the pedestrian struck and killed on a Fairland roadway Monday evening as Florence L. Chumbow, 73, of Silver Spring.
Police also said in a news release that they have located the driver of the car, a Toyota Solara, that hit her. In a previous release, police identified two cars involved in the fatal collision, a Toyota Tacoma and an older-model orange Ford Crown Victoria.
Based on evidence recovered from the scene and interviews with eyewitnesses, police now say the Tacoma “was not involved in the original collision,” which took place in the area of southbound Columbia Pike (Route 29) and Fairland Road in Silver Spring.
The original release said that the victim was struck by at least two vehicles and that the drivers of both vehicles left the scene after the collision.
Emergency personnel pronounced Chumbow dead at the scene.
Pedestrian, bicyclist and other nonvehicle deaths in Montgomery County declined slightly — from 19 in 2024 to 18 — in 2025, according to data from Montgomery County’s Vision Zero and the Office of the Montgomery County Council.
Those with pertinent information about the fatal incident are being asked to contact the Montgomery County Police Collision Reconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.






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