Dianne reports from Connecticut and Macomb Street, NW around 9:45am.
Alert DC reports:
“one left lane is getting by on Connecticut Ave NW. Please proceed with caution and follow police direction.”
driving dangerously
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Yikes, hope everyone is OK. Thanks to Adam Owens for sending: “Constellation on H suffered a direct hit…”
Update from Grant: (more…)
Photo by DC Fire and EMS
DC Fire and EMS reported:
“Vehicle into building Division Ave and Sheriff Rd NE. Car into the 7-11 with person trapped. Extrication in progress.
Vehicle into building updated location 900 block Eastern Ave NE. #DCsBravest have extricated 1 patient who will be transported with serious traumatic injuries. Assessing structural stability of building. All utilities secured.
Update on the early morning incident involving a vehicle into the building on Eastern Ave NE. The trapped individual was a person inside the store, not the driver. Driver was uninjured.”
The Washington Post reported it happened at 12:30am and the building is a 7-Eleven.
Additional images of #DCsBravest at scene of vehicle into building in 900 block Eastern Avenue NE. pic.twitter.com/35QHOhS4S9
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) July 3, 2018
@DCPoliceDept on scene of a vehicle that has crashed and is in the inside of a @Wendys at the 100 block of New York Ave @wusa9 @Wusa9traffic @MikeaTurnerTV @Starbuck1004 pic.twitter.com/RouOWBIWYT
— Mark Bost (@obedienttither) June 6, 2018
We last spoke about Fixing Dave Thomas Circle here but it sounds like there were other issues at play here too:
#BREAKING: @DCPoliceDept has taken one person into custody for drunk driving after ramming a car through the front window of the Wendy's on NY Ave. in NE. No injuries reported. https://t.co/My8sFexnhH
— WUSA9 (@wusa9) June 6, 2018
A reader sends a couple photos of the aftermath:
Photo by Daniel Commins
Thanks to all who messaged. “Happened between 6:30 and 7:30 am.”
“Flipped car on 18th St. NW near Belmont. Lots of police and fire personnel, traffic detouring.”
Photos by Kelly Moses
hahaha thanks to Ken for sending:
“Saw this wrecked fence on early Sunday morning at 20th and S Street NW. The driver *almost* got away with it but for one tiny piece of evidence.”
Thanks to Rebecca for sending this classic:
“This is on Independance and 12 at about 7pm on a weekday. People were going on the other side of the road to turn left………..”
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“Dear PoP,
This accident occurred this morning at 14th and Arkansas NW.
I was around the corner walking my dog, so I didn’t see it happen, but I heard it.
By the time I got there, the driver of the minivan was out and sitting on the sidewalk.
About 5 min later, the cavalry arrived…
Not quite sure how a minivan flips over, at what I’m assuming, was not a very high speed accident. Pretty amazing that everyone walked away…”
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I’m hearing that a car crashed at the corner of 13th and Euclid Streets, NW Saturday night around 8-10pm. Apparently the guy who crashed the car fled the scene and a helicopter was deployed in the search. The damage seems to be limited to a broken fence/wall and a light post that was knocked over. It must have been quite the scene though because when I was walking up 13th Street Sunday afternoon I heard two separate groups of people talking about it. So if you heard a lot sirens and saw the helicopter spotlight this was likely the cause. If anyone got a picture of the crash please send my way and I’ll update this post.
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Thanks to a reader for sending (from Thurs. morning):
“Another terrible crash on the Columbia Road Speedway (500-600 block), this one involving a busload of children on the way to school. What will it take for MPD and DDOT to do something about this pervasive speeding problem on this street?”