MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Woman Struck, Killed While Crossing Street
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
A 50-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle and fatally injured Friday night as she tried to cross Connecticut Avenue in Montgomery County on her way to religious services, authorities said.
Karen Shprintz-Grossman of Potomac was killed shortly after 8 p.m. as she was heading to services at Temple Emanuel in Kensington, according to officials at the Reform congregation.
"She was an amazing woman," said Itzik Eshel, director of education for the temple, where Shprintz-Grossman taught first grade in the religious school.
"She was very devoted, very, very conscientious, very loving for the children and very reliable," Eshel said. "She is going to be sorely missed."
Montgomery police did not release her name. They said she was struck at 8:18 p.m. as she was trying to cross Connecticut at Dresden Street, where no crosswalk exists. She was struck by a northbound vehicle, whose driver assisted other motorists who stopped and tried to help her, police said. The matter is under investigation, they said.
The death came in a week in which leaders in the District, Virginia and Maryland joined in launching a pedestrian-safety initiative, citing about 90 pedestrian deaths annually in the region. The fatality is apparently the second in Montgomery this year. There were 18 last year.
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