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Police ID pedestrian struck by Prince George’s cruiser

WASHINGTON — The pedestrian struck by a Prince George’s County police cruiser on University Boulevard last Sunday has been identified.

Police on Saturday said he’s  Santos Udiel Romero, 20, of Hyattsville, Maryland.

A marked cruiser struck him around 2:30 a.m. July 17 in the 2000 block of University Boulevard as the cruiser approached Riggs Road.

Police said Romero was was not on a crosswalk.

Two other drivers nearly struck him before the police cruiser did.

Colleen Kelleher

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