Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Contractor Struck, Killed By Own Truck At Bethesda Home

Police are investigating the death as a fatal collision.

Update, 8:11 p.m.: Montgomery County police are identifying the contractor killed by his own pickup truck in Bethesda Wednesday afternoon as Concepcion Zavala, 66, of the 1600 block of Lamont Street in Northwest Washington, D.C.

Zavala, who was working at a home in the 5300 block of Albermarle Street, parked his company's Chevrolet Silverado around 10:30 a.m., police said in a press release. Later, around 2:30 p.m., the car began to roll down the street, police said.

Zavala attempted to stop the truck, but became pinned in the driver's side door opening and was killed when the truck collided with a stone wall.

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The incident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 301-840-2435.

Original post, 4:42 p.m.: A 36-year-old contractor was struck and killed by his own unoccupied pickup truck at a Bethesda home Wednesday afternoon, according to Montgomery County police and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.

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Firefighters responded to the 5300 block of Albermarle Street just before 2:30 p.m., according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia. The man was discovered pinned between the pickup truck and a retaining wall and was declared dead on the scene, Garcia said.

The man wasn’t a resident of the home, but was a contractor doing work in the neighborhood, police said.

Police are investigating the death as a fatal collision, and the collision reconstruction unit was still on the scene late Wednesday afternoon.


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