Document: Fatal Traffic Accident in Southeast, DC

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Major Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic accident that killed a man on the 3300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, on Sept. 21.

According to MPD documents, a man was driving a 1997 Ford F-150 pickup truck at a high rate of speed westbound at the location. He lost control and mounted a raised median, struck a small tree, and crossed over the median into oncoming traffic, striking a 2017 Lexus RX350 SUV. The driver of the pickup truck died on the scene, and the driver of the Lexus was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries.

The decedent was identified as 34-year-old John Gibson.