Twenty-Six-Year-Old Arrested in New Jersey and Charged in Connection with Gaithersburg Fatal Collision – Mocofeed

Gaithersburg, MD – A 26-year-old man wanted in connection to a fatal hit and run collision was arrested as he was attempting to board an international flight to Honduras.

 

On Thursday, June 18, Josue David Carranza Castellon, who has no fixed address, was arrested at Newark International airport while attempting to board a flight.

 

The charges stem from a collision that occurred on Wednesday, June 17, at approximately 4:47 a.m., at the intersection of Muddy Branch Road and West Diamond Avenue in Gaithersburg.

 

The collision involved a gray 2011 Honda CR-V and a pedestrian.

 

The investigation determined that Carranza Castellon was traveling northbound on Muddy Branch Road when his vehicle left the roadway for unknown reasons, entering the grassy median and striking 56-year-old, Brian Roy Longaberger, of an unknown address.

 

Longaberger was pronounced dead at the scene. At approximately 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17,  Gaithersburg City Police officers located a gray 2011 Honda CR-V with front end damage near the scene.

 

Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) detectives developed Carranza Castellon as the suspect responsible for the hit and run. 

 

Detectives applied for and received an arrest warrant for Carranza Castellon on Wednesday, June 17. 

 

Carranza Castellon has been charged with manslaughter by vehicle and failure to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in death.

 

He is currently being held in Elizabeth, New Jersey and is awaiting extradition to Maryland.