Document: Traffic Fatality on Ridge Road and Southern Avenue, SE

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives arrest a man suspected of being involved in a traffic fatality that occurred on Oct. 31.

Around 5:36 p.m. a Mercedes-Benz was driving southbound on the 4400 block of Southern Avenue, SE before colliding into a Dodge Magnum.

After being transported to an area hospital, 42-year-old Kenneth Cooper was pronounced dead.

There was also an adult female and a juvenile male in the car who sustained non-life threatening injuries.

The drive of the Dodge, 34 year-old Calvin Kyle, was arrested Oct. 31 for leaving after colliding and driving without a permit.

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