“Dear PoPville,
If you are driving your way through a crosswalk, as you will often find yourself doing FROM THE DAY YOU BECOME a licensed driver – instead of inching your vehicle closer and closer to the pedestrian who is justly crossing within the allotted time… WAIT and allow the crosswalk to clear. Observe the traffic signal. (more…)
photo by Ted Eytan
“Dear PoPville,
Driving up Rock Creek Parkway around 5:50pm (Thursday), I encountered two separate cars driving the wrong direction – one around the M St exit, and one about a mile south of Calvert St. Perhaps there’s a problem with the roadblocks?
H. sends last night: “Major crash in the ramp on to 395 from 695 at 9:30pm. Everyone is okay and getting care.”
“Dear PoPville,
Probably a can of worms in this city… An older woman saw me and another woman crossing an intersection, then floored it and nearly pancaked us. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
he scene on the 3600 block of 14th St NW in Columbia Heights (between Perry Pl and Spring Rd). I have not heard yet what happened. A passerby asked one of the police officers and the response was simply: “car accident.” The block has been shut down to traffic since at least 0800 this morning, Saturday 29 July, 2023. As of 1015 they have opened the sidewalk on the west side of the street to pedestrians.
There is at least one bicycle in a heavily damaged state. A person’s shoe remains behind near the bicycle in the road. (more…)
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
I’m looking for any witnesses or individuals who live in the area who may have video of the hit and run I was involved in late Sunday afternoon 7/23. Crash occurred on 11 St NW and Spring Rd NW where a woman sped down the wrong way of 11 Street (more…)
12th and P Street, NW
Thanks to Will for sending: “Everyone is okay” (more…)
via google maps
From MPD:
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Unit are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in the 3800 block of Reservoir Road, Northwest.
The preliminary investigation revealed that at approximately 12:42 p.m., a 2011 Audi Q5, operated by an adult female attempted to make a 3-point turn in the parking garage. During this time, the Audi accelerated and headed toward the parking garage wall. The driver of the Audi attempted to avoid the wall and drove toward a valet station area where individuals were waiting for their vehicles. (more…)
Thanks to Tom for sending this morning: (more…)
Kandi reports: “Seeing this on my morning walk- looks like quite the event last night. This is just before the Harbor Patrol building, at the far end of the Wharf towards the Titanic Memorial. (more…)