Police say the man was shot after his vehicle rear-ended a dark blue sedan in D.C.’s Third Street Tunnel.
Sep 26, 2017
D.C. Police Officer Dies In Howard County Car Crash
Police say Barry Martin Eastman’s car crossed over the double line on a Howard County road “for an unknown reason.”
The incident took place around 4:45 a.m near the 1700 block of 7th Street NW, which was closed for about four hours.
A second police officer is in fair condition and a traffic control officer has been released from the hospital.
“He zoomed around the bus… I guess he got tired of waiting, and drove into the lane of oncoming traffic,” said one witness.
A car traveling to the left of the 79 bus attempted to make a right turn, “causing the bus to make contact” with the vehicle, according to a Metro spokesperson.
