Officials have announced that a female pedestrian who had was struck by a vehicle near the National Zoo this afternoon has died. The incident took place on the 3100 block of Connecticut Avenue NW around 1 p.m. Connecticut Avenue between Macomb Street and Cathedral Avenue was closed while police and emergency crews attended to the injured woman, who was pronounced dead after she was transported to the hospital. WJLA is reporting that the vehicle involved in the incident had diplomatic plates.

The fatality is the second serious pedestrian-related incident to occur today, early this morning, a woman was injured when she was struck by an unmarked D.C. police cruiser on the 2100 block of Wisconsin Avenue.