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A Maryland woman was killed by a stolen forklift and a manhunt was underway for the suspect, police said Sunday.
Charles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a hardware store on the 2500 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf — about 30 miles south of DC — around 12:40 p.m. Sunday.
Witnesses said the suspect broke into the business, stole a forklift and fled by ramming the gates.
The suspect was already gone when officers arrived.
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Police have released this photo of a car – similar to the one the woman was driving. Police said the dark copper-colored 2019 Ford Fusion was stolen from the woman. (Charles County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies searched the area and eventually found the forklift – with a dead woman underneath. The suspect was nowhere to be seen.
Investigators later determined that the suspect encountered the woman in a company parking lot, hit her with the forklift and took off in her car — a dark-colored 2019 Ford Fusion with damage to the vehicle’s passenger side and a missing side mirror.
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The woman’s identity has not yet been released.
It remains unclear what relationship, if any, she had with the suspect.
Bradford Betz is a Fox News Digital breaking reporter covering crime, political issues and much more.
