U.S. Park Police are looking for a Honda Odyssey minivan after a hit-and-run incident early Monday morning that left several other cars damaged near Maryland Route 450 in Bladensburg. more ›

After a violent collision between a Capital Bikeshare rider and a tractor trailer earlier today, police re-opened a busy section of U Street NW late this morning after investigating the crash that sent the cyclist to an area hospital. more ›

A stretch of U Street NW is closed while police investigate a collision earlier this morning between a bike and a tractor trailer that sent the cyclist to an area hospital in very serious condition. more ›

The Loudoun County Sheriff's office reports that a passenger in two-car accident Saturday night near the intersection of state routes 9 and 704 in Catoctin, Va. died after a deer struck by one vehicle flew into the one the victim was riding in. more ›

Last month, we reported on an incident in Adams Morgan where two cyclists, Ian Barry and Saul Leiken, were involved in a late-night collision with a driver at the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. Police have now arrested the man who allegedly hit Barry. more ›

Reader Ryan Samuel K. sends in this image of a taxi that hopped the sidewalk by the CVS on Dupont Circle this morning and smashed into the facade of the building. Ryan says he happened by the scene at about 8:25 a.m. No reports of any injuries, and DCist's Aaron Morrissey reports that a tow truck has since arrived to haul away the wreck. The damage appears to be fairly minimal, though a "no parking" sign was completely demolished. more ›

Metro has released the preliminary findings of its investigation into what's been described as a near-miss collision on the Red Line on May 5. more ›

Yet another car crashing into a building to report. A two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and North Rhodes Street ended in one of the cars smashing through the front window of Rhodeside Grill (1836 Wilson Blvd.). ARLnow was on the scene, and has photos of the damage. Thankfully, no injuries have been reported. The restaurant is still open. more ›

The Mt. Pleasant Interim Library will reopen on Saturday, May 15, following the completion of repairs to a wall next to the building's rear exit, library officials announced. more ›

Here's a bird's eye view of an odd traffic mishap that went down in Dupont Circle at about 12:15 p.m., courtesy an alert reader. A Metrobus turning onto the circle managed to pin a car to the inner median, which our tipster tells us caused traffic to back up considerably, plus a predictable cacophony of honking. Sorry all you folks who work in the immediate area had to cope with that! more ›

An Acela Express train struck a person on the tracks between BWI and Odenton earlier this afternoon. The Maryland Transit Administration has issued an alert that all Penn Line MARC service has been suspended until further notice. Northbound Amtrak trains out of D.C. are currently holding at Union Station. more ›

The driver who was behind the wheel of the black Escalade that smashed into the back of the Mt. Pleasant Interim Library on Tuesday has been charged with a DWI, WJLA/ABC7 reports.

Council member Jim Graham says the library will be closed for a week. more ›

Someone driving an SUV managed to crash into the rear of the Mt. Pleasant Interim Library this afternoon, damaging the rear exit of the building. D.C. Public Libraries spokesperson George Williams said the library is currently closed while authorities assess the situation. more ›

The drivers of two tour buses were seriously injured in a collision on Ohio Drive SW this morning, near the Tidal Basin. The accident took place at 10:30 a.m. It looks like one of the buses was parked when the second bus crashed into it head-on, according to D.C. Fire/EMS spokesperson Pete Piringer. There were no passengers on board either bus, but one of the drivers was trapped and emergency crews were working to cut open the bus in order to free him. Both men appear to have sustained life-threatening injuries. more ›

A pedestrian was fatally struck this morning near the intersection of First and M streets SE, not far from the entrance to the Navy Yard Metro station. more ›

The Metropolitan Police Department has identified the cyclist who was struck and killed in a collision with a D.C. National Guard truck at 12th Street and New York Ave. NW Monday evening. Constance Holden, 68, was officially pronounced dead on the scene and later transported to the D.C. Medical Examiner's Office. more ›

The 1200 block of New York Ave. NW is closed at this hour, following what appears to have been a fatal collision between a cyclist and a security vehicle associated with the Nuclear Security Summit. more ›

Rush hour along First Street near Florida Avenue NW can be hairy, and crossing Florida Avenue at R Street NW by foot or bike is just a nightmare. Accidents there are frequent. But accidents along First Street NW itself are rare, and accidents that are in fact on purpose rarer still. The WashCycle relates an account from the Bike Washington listserv by a bicyclist who was struck, seemingly intentionally, when a driver holding his hand on the car horn ran into the bicyclist's rear wheel. Angry drivers often like to speed by bikes and express their frustration by nearly cutting them off or passing very slowly. And sometimes drivers decide it's okay to use the mass and speed of their vehicles to commit physical violence against slow or annoying bicyclists. Fortunately the biker in this situation was OK (the bike is another story), but nevertheless vehicular violence is very, very bad and, in this case, very probably a hit-and-run crime. more ›

The GW Hatchet reports on what sounds like a gruesome scene in Washington Circle earlier today. An unidentified female pedestrian was struck and apparently pulled under the wheels of a large SUV sometime before noon.

Senior Larissa Pardo said she was on her way to work around 11 a.m. when she witnessed the incident, which she said occurred at the intersection of 23rd Street and Washington Circle. more ›

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Three people were injured in a large traffic collision at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW this morning. The intersection has since reopened, but the crash, which involved a D.C. firetruck along with two civilian vehicles, caused major traffic delays throughout the area for well over an hour. more ›

Here's the statement from Jon Summers, spokesman for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.): more ›

After releasing video footage of Saturday's fatal hit-and-run accident near the National Mall, police have reportedly been able to speak with the tractor trailer driver, and no charges are pending. WRC/NBC4's Pat Collins cites unnamed sources who report that the woman, now identified as 51-year-old Debra Schiebel, was both "crossing against the light and wearing headphones" at the time she was struck. The driver reportedly didn't even know he had hit anyone, according to NBC4. more ›

Metro says that normal service has resumed on the Red Line, as of 12:18 p.m., now that officials have completed the preliminary phase of their investigation into this morning's fatal accident. Be sure to let us know how your Red Line trips actually are for the rest of the day, especially this evening during rush hour. Add a comment here, email tips@dcist.com, or tweet to @DCist_Updates. We'll continue to monitor and update on conditions on the Red Line as the investigation continues. more ›

The head of the union that represents most Metro workers has identified the two men who were struck and killed this morning by a piece of heavy track equipment. ATU Local 689 president Jackie Jeter said their names were Jeffrey Garrard and Sung Oh, and that both men were longtime employees of Metro. more ›

A woman was injured in a hit-and-run collision on U Street in the early hours of Sunday morning, officials said Monday. The incident took place at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday near the corner of 14th and U streets NW. D.C. police are looking for the driver of a four-door, silver 2005 Toyota Camry with unknown tags. The woman is said to be in stable condition after sustaining a leg injury. City officials confirmed that she works as an investigator for the District's Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, and was on-duty at the time of the collision. Police are investigating, and ask anyone with information to call 202-727-9099. more ›

Four months after she was struck and seriously injured by a now-fired Metrobus driver, Amanda Mahnke has filed suit against the District transit agency for $30 million, WTTG/FOX5 reports. more ›

Another fatal train collision to report, this time an Amtrak Northeast Regional that struck and killed a 14-year-old Maryland girl as she was walking to school, the AP is reporting (via WTOP). The accident took place at around 9 a.m. in Baltimore County, but is creating delays all up and down the Northeast corridor as police investigate. AlertDC reported earlier that only one out of four railroad tracks in D.C. and Maryland is currently cleared for service, and at reduced speed at that. Union Station is only now beginning to release northbound trains, and significant delays are likely to continue well into the afternoon. more ›

A 50-year-old woman was struck by a Red Line train at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station at about 11:30 p.m. on Monday night, WMATA reports, and died later this morning from her injuries. The preliminary investigation indicates that the woman intentionally placed herself in the path of the train. One witness writes in to tips@dcist.com to share that the evacuation of the Shady Grove-bound train in question was orderly and swift. "Granted it was late at night, but it seemed like, sadly, Metro knows the drill at this point all too well, and so they were able to respond to the situation pretty swiftly," the tipster writes.
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WMATA is reporting that the 48-year-old man who was struck by a Red Line train on Sunday morning has succumbed to his injuries. Metro Transit Police continue to investigate the death, but the preliminary findings indicate that the man fell onto the tracks by accident as the train pulled into the Gallery Place station. The Washington Post additionally reported on Wednesday that the man, who has not yet been publicly identified, was blind. more ›