A DUI suspect crashed into an office building in Southwest Thursday evening. Photo by erin_m

Good morning, Washington. It’s the Friday before Labor Day, which generally means one of two things for workplace productivity in our city: you’re either scrambling to finish some huge project before the holiday weekend, or you’re merely planning on doing the bare minimum amount of email answering and tidying of computer files before cutting out early. But if you happen to work in the Yates building, located at 201 14th Street SW, which houses the USDA and the United States Forest Service offices, you’ll probably spend at least part of your pre-three day weekend Friday puzzling over how and why a man driving a Cadillac managed to drive right in to your office building. The driver, no surprise here, turns out to be a DUI suspect, but the story of the slow-moving police chase that led to the Caddy vs. building confrontation is certainly strange sounding. The man allegedly evaded a traffic stop earlier in the evening and crashed into another vehicle at 13th Street and Independence Avenue SW before destroying some scaffolding and construction barriers at the Yates, according to WUSA9, and all of this happened at a relatively low speed. Sounds like this guy started his Labor Day weekend celebrating a little too early. Kids, don’t drink and drive!

Hawkins Named to Head WASA: The embattled D.C. Water and Sewer Agency finally has a new leader to replace the outgoing (and controversial) Jerry Johnson: George Hawkins, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty’s popular head of the D.C. Department of the Environment and a former official at the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the new WASA general manager. Tim Craig has the story in the Post, and Mike DeBonis offers some political (and hairstyle!) context at City Desk.

Jogger ID’d, Listed in Stable Condition: The jogger who was hit by a Metrobus at Connecticut and Florida Avenues Thursday morning has been identified as Amanda Mahnke, 30, who is the communications director for Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.). Staffers from Larsen’s office reportedly figured out it was her after Mahnke didn’t show up to work on Thursday, and then one of them read about the bus crash online. Mahnke was listed in stable condition late Thursday night with a fractured skull. City officials are taking the opportunity to remind joggers to always carry ID on them.

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