Document: Traffic Fatalities at the Intersection of 13th Street and Alabama Avenue, SE

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 5, 2020
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On Jan. 4 , a driver of a vehicle and a passenger was killed in a traffic accident at the intersection of 13th Street and Alabama Avenue, SE.

According to a MPD press release, the operator of a Honda Accord was traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on 13^th Street, SE.  When the vehicle entered the intersection of 13^th Street and Alabama Avenue, SE, running a red light, it was struck by a Range Rover traveling eastbound on Alabama Avenue, SE.

The operator and a passenger of the Honda Accord displayed no signs consistent with life. The victims remained on the scene until transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

Two other passengers in the Honda Accord and the operator of the Range Rover were transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The victims are 32-year-old Michael Hutcherson, a resident of Columbia, Md., and 34-year-old Seret Medhani, a resident of Southeast, DC.

This case remains under investigation.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is requested to contact the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099.