ARREST MADE IN FATAL PEDESTRIAN CRASH IN TOWSON

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, at approximately 4:20 p.m., officers with the Baltimore County Police Department responded to the 800 block of Providence Road, 21286, for a reported motor vehicle collision that involved a pedestrian. When officers arrived, they discovered 24-year-old Eliza Grover had been struck by a Ford F250 traveling northbound on Providence Road. Grover, who was on the sidewalk at the time of the collision, was pronounced deceased on the scene. The driver of the Ford F250 who remained on scene, 57-year-old Richard W. Mays, has been arrested and charged with attempting to drive a vehicle not equipped with an ignition interlock, attempting to drive a vehicle while impaired by alcohol, and driving under the influence of alcohol. Mays is currently being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bond. Detectives with the Baltimore County Crash Team continue investigating the circumstances surrounding this crash.