Document: Traffic Fatality: Intersection of Rhode Island and Montana Avenues, Northeast

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Major Crash Unit is investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on May 25 at the intersection of Rhode Island and Montana Avenues, NE.

According to MPD documents, a DC Department of Public Works trash truck was traveling southbound on 14th Street, NE, and proceeded through the intersection of 14th Street and Rhode Island Avenue, NE, toward Montana Avenue, NE. The pedestrian entered the crosswalk and began to run across Montana Avenue, causing vehicles with the green light to come to a sudden and abrupt stop. The pedestrian then collided with the trash truck causing the pedestrian to fall to the ground. The pedestrian, while unconscious, was transported to a local hospital for the treatment of blunt force injuries.

On Sept. 4, the pedestrian succumbed to his injuries. He was identified as 66-year-old Johnny Lee Harrington.