Victims identified in Wheaton hit-run

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The husband and wife struck in a hit-and-run crash in Wheaton have been identified.

The woman, 39-year-old Maria De la Paz, was killed when she was struck by a BMW after she got off a bus near Veirs Mill Road and Centerhill Street shortly before 9:45 p.m. Monday. Her husband, 43-year-old Demetrio Gomez Sanchez, was also hit, and remains in critical condition, police said Thursday.

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