Eric reports around 3:30pm: “Car on tracks just now Blair and Underwood NW. accident maybe 45 mins ago” (more…)
driving dangerously
A reports: “Another horrific crash at North Capitol and Rock Creek Church Rd tonight. As far as I can tell, SB truck took the curve too fast and flipped. Driver was pulled out by EMS/FD but condition unknown. This intersection is incredibly dangerous.”
Thanks to JP for sending from 19th and S Street, NW: “If only there was a sign that the street is too narrow!?”
And Anne Marie sends “this guy driving his Prius down the running trail in Rock Creek Park outside the Zoo…”
photo by Trent Bauserman
Thanks to Trent for sending around 8:30am: “Overturned car in Bloomingdale, 1st and Randolph” (more…)
4th and New York Ave, NW
At 3am a reader reports “from the corner of New York Ave and 4th NW — 4 car pileup, 2 cars on fire, one of which is in a homeless encampment. (more…)
Thanks to Alec for sending this “definitely abused truck in the middle of the soccer fields at Anacostia Park section G. Why are all the inconveniently abandoned vehicles in DC bright green?”
1101 Pennsylvania Ave, SE photo by Sheryl Katzin
Sheryl writes: “Paraiso opened a drive thru tonight. Thankfully it didn’t look like anyone was hurt and damage was minimal”
Thanks to SD for sending: “Last night around 10:15pm, came across this car that jumped the median and crashed into a pole–totally abandoned, no one inside. Pretty sure this is Rhode Island and Florida Ave, NW”
“Dear PoPville,
I (freshly-30 woman) had a mouth agape moment while driving into DC from the Bethesda area between 9 and 9:30am today (Tues, Aug 10). I looked in my rearview mirror at a red light and saw what I thought was a man looking at a notebook. As the light turned green, I realized it was in fact a man on. his. laptop. while. driving. I was so shocked that I switched lanes just so he could pull up next to me at the next light and I could confirm what I saw. He had the sense to at least look a little ashamed when we locked eyes. (more…)
Thanks to k for sending around 7:30am in “Columbia heights, 13th and Irving Street, NW”