Police identify pedestrian killed in Wheaton-Glenmont collision

Man was on Veirs Mill Road when struck by vehicle

June 9, 2026 4:15 p.m.

GAITHERSBURG, MD - SEPTEMBER 02: Police vehicles are seen outside of Chief J. Thomas Manger Public Safety Headquarters where Montgomery County Police Department 1st District is based in Gaithersburg, MD on September 02, 2022. (Photo by Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Montgomery County police identified Irrael Lopez Garcia as the 39-year-old man who died Monday after he was struck by a car on Veirs Mill Road in the Wheaton-Glenmont area, the department said Tuesday in a statement.

The collision occurred shortly after 2 a.m. near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Gail Street, police said. Officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews responded following a report of a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.

Investigators determined that Lopez Garcia, whose address is unknown, was in the road when he was struck by a silver 2009 Honda Civic traveling east on Veirs Mill Road, according to the statement. The speed limit for that section of Veirs Mill Road is 35 mph.

Lopez Garcia was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the Honda remained at the scene.

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Police said an investigation by the department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit may take several weeks or months to complete. The department asks anyone with information concerning the collision to contact the unit at 240-773-6620.

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Originally published at Bethesdamagazine