Police: Suspect wanted after striking pedestrian in Princess Anne

Police say that they are investigating a hit and run crash that happened on Tuesday evening in Princess Anne.

According to Maryland State Police Princess Anne Barrack, witnesses and a victim say that on Tuesday night at 10:50 PM, a black Mazda passenger vehicle struck a pedestrian who was walking on Somerset Avenue in the area of U.M.E.S. Boulevard in Princess Anne.

After the crash, the vehicle fled the scene. The pedestrian, 19-year-old Dwight Nichols of Princess Anne, suffered non life threatening injuries and he was transported by Princess Anne EMS to Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

Anyone with information in regards to the incident is asked to call the Maryland State Police Princess Anne Barrack at 443-260-3700; reference case number 17-MSP-0037795.