A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Gaithersburg was arrested Thursday at Newark International Airport while allegedly attempting to board a flight to Honduras.
Josue David Carranza Castellon, who has no fixed address, was taken into custody after Montgomery County Police detectives identified him as the driver involved in the deadly collision.
The crash occurred around 4:47 a.m. on June 17 at Muddy Branch Road and West Diamond Avenue. Investigators say Carranza Castellon was driving a 2011 Honda CR-V northbound when the vehicle left the roadway, entered a grassy median and struck 56-year-old Brian Roy Longaberger, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Carranza Castellon has been charged with manslaughter by vehicle and failure to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in death. He is being held in Elizabeth, New Jersey, pending extradition to Maryland.
