Investigation continues in fatal Salisbury hit-and-run

By Susan Canfora
Posted 9/13/22

Maryland State Police have identified two vehicles of interest, as the investigation continues into the hit and run that killed 29-year-old …

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Investigation continues in fatal Salisbury hit-and-run

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Maryland State Police have identified two vehicles of interest, as the investigation continues into the hit and run that killed 29-year-old Colin Lin.

He was killed while crossing North Salisbury Boulevard, near the family’s Tokyo Steakhouse restaurant, around 3:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16.

Police said the vehicles they have identified were “in close proximity to a crash” and that “video surveillance of the area and forensic analysis of vehicle debris at the scene identified the two vehicles as a white 2009 Ford Edge and a red-orange 2019 Kia Soul.”

The drivers are cooperating with police as the Maryland State Police Crash Team continues to investigate, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Maryland State Police Crash Team at 410-819-4721.

When the investigation is completed, a report will be submitted to the State’s Attorney’s office, police said.

Lin, who lived in Lewes, who was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel, was riding an Apollo motorized scooter, traveling north in Lane One of North Salisbury Boulevard, north of Oliphant Street, when he was struck.

Maryland State Police, Wicomico County deputies and Salisbury Police responded, with Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office officials.

Lin’s family members, who enjoyed a close relationship with him, are deeply saddened by his death  his sister, Mimi Lin, told the Salisbury Independent as she described her brother as the kind of man everybody wanted to be around.

“We’re very much focused on the investigation and finding justice for him. We are hoping people can come forward and provide some information,  anybody who saw anything, or admit to this,” the 28-year-old Lin said.

“Colin was the best of all of us. He had the best personality. He was very cool. A lot of people wanted to be just like him. People loved to follow him around. People loved to be with him. He was always the funny one. He loved to laugh and he always knew what to say to make people feel good,” she said.

“We were all very close. He loved fishing. He always went with our dad on little fishing trips. He’s a very passionate person,” his sister said, talking about him in present tense.

“I talked to him all the time. Colin was the most loved and the favorite of everyone. No one was jealous of that. He was everyone’s favorite. He was the one who, whenever any of us had an issue, we would speak to him and he would talk to our father.

“He always knew how to talk to everyone. He was very understanding. He was the one who always hung out with my dad. He was so similar to my dad. My dad is a very strong man.  He has always been the one to steer the family but he is definitely devastated,” she said.

The night Lin was killed, she said, he was with friends.

They were hungry so they headed across the street to Wawa for sandwiches and snacks.

“He went with his girlfriend and another friend … He left them behind and he went back first. He was heading home. Home is very close. He was crossing the street. He went the longer way. Instead of waiting for the red light at the crosswalk, he went to the yield sign and crossed the street.

“He was very close to making it back to the restaurant. I’m not sure where he was in the street,” his sister said, adding the scooter “was all lit up” and that Lin had added extra lights around the bottom so it was easy to see.

After business on Saturday, Aug. 20, Tokyo Steakhouse closed indefinitely because Colin Lin was the core of that restaurant, his sister said.

The family also owns a restaurant in Lewes, and Chinatown Buffet, also on North Salisbury Boulevard.

“Colin was very, very well loved -- and he knew it,” his sister said with a slight laugh.

“He was the best brother. He was a lot of people’s favorite person.”

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