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Dec 16, 2015

With Vision Zero Plan, D.C. Plans To Eliminate Traffic Fatalities By 2024

Mayor Muriel Bowser and DDOT released an action plan today to bring the Swedish concept to D.C. and reach zero deaths or serious injuries to users of the city’s transportation systems.

Aug 12, 2008

Fatigue Likely Cause of Bay Bridge Accident

According to NBC4 and the Washington Post, 19 year old Candy Lynn Baldwinn likely caused the accident that killed one driver, seriously injured two others and caught tens of thousands of people in traffic for hours, when she fell asleep at the wheel. She was on her way home from her mother’s wedding Saturday in Baltimore when she fell asleep around 4 a.m. She’s since been treated for spleen and liver injuries and had surgery…

 
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