A vehicle whose driver fled a traffic stop by a uniformed Secret Service officer Wednesday afternoon struck several people in a crosswalk near the White House, killing a 75-year-old man, then sped off and is being sought, according to authorities.
a 75-year-old man, then sped off and is being sought, according to authorities.Lt. Paul Mayhair, a spokesman for the Secret Service’s uniformed division, which secures the executive mansion and its perimeter, said the incident occurred about 1:30 p.m. at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue in Northwest Washington, near the Ellipse and the Washington Monument.
The spokesman said an officer tried to stop a blue 2006 Honda Accord with an expired registration headed south on 17th Street. Mayhair said the driver appeared to stop but then sped off, went through a red light and struck the pedestrians in a crosswalk less than a block away.Authorities said a 13-year-old girl, also injured in the crash, was treated at a hospital for injuries not believed to be life-threatening. The U.S.
Mayhair said the driver of the Honda did not stop and that police are looking for the car, which had Virginia license plate 8718BE. A D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles website shows that a vehicle with that tag number had three unpaid speeding tickets that, by Wednesday, had accumulated $720 in fines.
The most recent violation was from August 2022, when the car was caught speeding 16 to 20 mph over the limit in the 1300 block of H Street NE. The other two tickets — one in January 2022 and the other in April 2021 — were for speeding 11 to 15 mph over the limit in Southeast Washington.
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