DC Fire and EMS respond to a crash on the 3000 block of Pineview Court Northeast. Image by DC FEMS.
We’re not quite halfway through May, but this month alone it’s evident that you don’t have to be in the street to end up in the path of a motorist.
In the first 10 days of May alone, we’ve counted at least six separate reported incidents of drivers crashing their cars where they’re not supposed to be: into sidewalks and buildings. Injuries have been reported; people have been displaced from their homes.
You’d be forgiven for not being able to keep track of it all. So we gathered up all the incidents we could find. Here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of where drivers have jumped curbs in DC so far this month:
Neighbors sign letter pressuring DDOT to do more to cut down on pedestrian crashes
Neighbors sign letter pressuring DDOT to do more to cut down on crashes
Neighbors in Ward 5 have circulated a letter to their advisory neighborhood commissioners calling on them to pressure the District s Department of Transportation to take action after a recent spate of crashes that have killed pedestrians, cyclists and in one instance a moped driver.
WASHINGTON - Neighbors in Ward 5 have circulated a letter to their advisory neighborhood commissioners calling on them to pressure the District s Department of Transportation to take action after a recent spate of crashes that have killed pedestrians, cyclists and in one instance a moped driver.
A car crashed onto the steps of Bunker Hill Elementary School Friday, prompting D.C. neighbors to again raise the alarm about the dangers of Michigan Avenue, Northeast. D.C. Police said at approximately 5:50 p.m. Friday, two cars collided, which propelled on of them onto its side. Video from D.C. Fire and EMS shows that the car landed on the steps of the school, trapping a woman inside. D.C. Fire and EMS said they were able to extricate her.
A car crashed onto the steps of Bunker Hill Elementary School Friday, prompting D.C. neighbors to again raise the alarm about the dangers of Michigan Avenue, Northeast. D.C. Police said at approximately 5:50 p.m. Friday, two cars collided, which propelled on of them onto its side. Video from D.C. Fire and EMS shows that the car landed on the steps of the school, trapping a woman inside. D.C. Fire and EMS said they were able to extricate her.
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