Aug 21, 2013
Metrobus Hits Jogger Near National Mall
The jogger reportedly “ran into the street against the traffic signal.”
Mar 08, 2010
Report: No Charges Pending for Hit-and-Run Driver
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….
Sep 16, 2009
Record of Metrobus Driver in Recent Crash Examined
The Washington Post’s James Hohmann digs into the driving record of Carla Proctor, the Metrobus driver who was behind the wheel of the bus that struck 30-year-old jogger Amanda Mahnke on Sept. 3. Proctor had two previous on-the-job accidents: one in 2004, when she crashed a Metrobus into the back of a parked vehicle on the 1300 block of Wisconsin Ave. NW, and another in 2003, when she allegedly failed to properly apply a…
The Metrobus driver who struck 30-year-old jogger Amanda Mahnke at the intersection of Connecticut and Florida Avenues NW last week was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to a statement given to WTOP’s Adam Tuss by Metro spokesperson Lisa Farbstein. No charges have been filed in the crash, and the identity of the driver has not yet been released. Mahnke, who is the communications director for Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), is…