DCist contributor James Calder stumbled upon quite an interesting site this morning -- a taxicab that had apparently lost control and found its way onto the steps of the Chevy Chase Pavilion in Friendship Heights. more ›

Good morning, Washington. It’s going to be a mild, albeit cloudy end to the holiday weekend. Enjoy the gentle weather while it lasts -- Tuesday will usher in rain and once it departs temperatures will drop a good 10 degrees, reminding us that winter is just a few short weeks away. more ›

Driving a Metrobus is an incredibly difficult job -- but probably never more so than when a kid unexpectedly leaps out into the street. Sometimes, Metrobus drivers can manage to steer out of the way; sometimes, like in the video above, they can't. more ›

Right now, the District's firefighters are responding to the scene of a motor vehicle accident at North Capitol Street and New York Avenue NE. The accident involved a Metrobus and injured at least six people. Of course, if you're only following the official D.C. Fire and EMS Twitter feed -- previously the city's go-to source for this kind of breaking information -- you had no idea. more ›

The tragic death of 64-year-old Trudi Rishikof after being hit by a car on Connecticut Avenue last week only seems to get more complex by the day. Well, the details of what happened are pretty clear -- she was crossing in crosswalk and was hit by a driver that is thought to have been using a cellphone at the time. It's everything else that's complicated. more ›

WMATA believes that the man who was struck by a train at the Friendship Heights station yesterday afternoon -- causing massive delays and confusion during yesterday's afternoon commute -- was on the tracks accidentally. more ›

There was a serious traffic backup at the intersection of New York and Florida Avenues in the District this morning -- though this was hardly normal rush hour gridlock. more ›

During a brief break from the debtsanity on the Hill yesterday, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton decided to head over the Eastern Market to pick up her "usual stock" of bananas and flowers. On her way back, Norton's Ford Fusion hybrid was bumped by a police cruiser on North Carolina Avenue SE. more ›

Harriet Tregoning, the Director of the District's Office of Planning, was struck by a car while riding her bicycle to work this morning. Fortunately, she came out of it without injury. more ›

So often, we think of bicycle accidents in terms of cars and bikes colliding -- but it's important to remember that pedestrians and cyclists can also clash, with tragic results. For example: WUSA9 reports that a cyclist died this morning after hitting a pedestrian around 7:45 a.m. today. more ›

D.C. Fire and EMS crews responded to the scene of a collision involving an adult female cyclist this morning at the intersection of 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW near the National Mall. more ›

Kytja Weir reports that two Metrobuses collided at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and W Street SE this afternoon, injuring nine people. more ›

After a commercial tour bus flipped over on Interstate 95 in Virginia yesterday morning, killing four people and injuring dozens more, WAMU decided that they'd take a trip down to Chinatown to ask about safety on the buses which operate from there. The result is hardly assuring. more ›

It's been a violent morning for pedestrians and cyclists in the District -- but the most disturbing incident occurred at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and I Street NW, where D.C. Fire and EMS reported that a person in a wheelchair was struck by a truck. more ›

There's some pretty wild imagery coming out of Montgomery County this morning, where a Ride On bus crashed into a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on the 12400 block of Georgia Avenue near the Glenmont Metro station. more ›

U.S. Marshals took Metro employee Ronald W. Taylor into custody at the Cheverly Metro station this morning on charges stemming from a 2008 bus crash which killed a California man in Foggy Bottom. more ›

On his way to work this morning -- and before he was scheduled to hear arguments regarding Dukes vs. Walmart, which might turn out to be the "largest employment discrimination class-action suit in American history" -- Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia got into a fender bender while driving on the George Washington Parkway. more ›

D.C. police are looking for the car and driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision in SE early Saturday morning. According to police, an unidentified man in a wheelchair was struck around 4 a.m. in the 5000 block of Benning Road SE. The man was taken to the hospital where he later died. A police spokesman said the vehicle in question is an older model gray or silver Honda, and could be missing a headlight or leaking fluids. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (202) 727-9099 or 911, if on the road. more ›

Phew, it's been a whirlwind day for D.C. Fire and EMS. After spending most of the morning arranging for a helicopter to land on a D.C. freeway to whisk away a Park Police officer who was hit while riding his motorcycle, several emergency workers were called on to handle two more big incidents this afternoon. Crews responded to a collision between a Metrobus and a school bus at the intersection of 17th Street and Benning Road NE about a half-hour ago; about five minutes later, emergency personnel and a fire boat were called on to rescue eight people who apparently fell from a boat into the Potomac River. No serious injuries have been reported in either incident, although a few people requested medical attention after the two buses collided in Northeast. more ›

A Park Police officer riding a motorcycle was reportedly involved in a collision on the eastbound side of the Southwest Freeway this morning. The officer was helicoptered away from the scene of the incident, located near 7th Street SW -- ARLnow reports that police shut down the northbound lanes of the 14th Street Bridge in order to create for an impromptu Medivac landing space. (UPDATE: The 14th Street Bridge has reopened.) Traffic is understandably stalled on the Freeway as police investigate the incident. more ›

An 81-year-old man was struck and killed by a MARC commuter train in Gaithersburg this morning at 7:52 a.m., according to the Maryland Transit Administration. NBCWashington.com reports that the man was rushing across the tracks to try and make a train when he got hit by train 878 -- the death will likely be classified as an accident, though Montgomery County police are investigating. The man reportedly lived but blocks away from the station. The incident caused major delays this morning as train 878 and others were severely delayed. Metro was accepting MARC tickets from Shady Grove into Washington to help alleviate the backup. more ›

Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt when a Metrobus collided with two other vehicles at the intersection of 5th and Savannah Streets SE in Congress Heights this morning. ABC7 reports that the crash involved an A46 Metrobus which was heading in the direction of the Congress Heights Metro station. The bus reportedly collided with a Jeep and another car. After the accident, ten people complained of various injuries, but none were life-threatening. more ›

It's becoming somewhat of a token addition to stories involving struck pedestrians around the Washington region -- whether or not the person struck was utilizing a crosswalk or not when they were hit. But when digesting stories which involve a pedestrian incident, it's important to remember that there are some places that just aren't that walkable. more ›

Now here's something you don't see everyday: this afternoon, a cab driver apparently drove his taxi through a wire fence and into the middle of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site. more ›

The driver who crashed her Dodge Caliber into the Keren Restaurant in Adams Morgan on September 8 -- an incident which eventually led to the death of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies student Julia Bachleitner -- was indicted by a grand jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter and criminal negligence today. more ›

D.C. police are investigating a hit and run incident which occurred around 10 a.m. Friday on the 600 block of Massachusetts Avenue NW. Two elderly pedestrians were walking in an alley on the block when they were hit by a cyclist, who caused them to fall. According to Struck in DC, it is the first such bicycle-pedestrian incident in D.C. since July. The cyclist, described as a Hispanic male with black hair who was reportedly riding a "BMX-style" bike, allegedly did not stop riding -- the pedestrians, both in their 70s, were admitted to a local hospital, the man in critical condition. If you happened to witness or have any information about the incident, police ask that you contact them at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME. more ›

MPD is looking for a bicyclist that hit an elderly couple in an alley off of the 600 block of Massachusetts Avenue NW, near the Washington Convention Center, Friday morning. The man and woman, both in their 70s, were struck by a man riding a BMX-style bike designed for dirt roads and motocross. Both victims were taken to an area hospital; the man is listed in critical condition. The suspect is described as having black hair, and wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. Police are offering an $1,000 reward for information that leads to the biker's arrest. more ›

Ouch. The President was playing some post-Turkey day basketball at Fort McNair yesterday when a player hit him with an elbow to the face. more ›