Document: Traffic Tatality in Southeast

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Dec. 9, 2021 on the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, SE.

According to a press release, the investigation revealed that at about 11:00 pm, the driver of a Toyota Avalon that was traveling southbound on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue began to make a left turn onto Cypress Street on Saint Elizabeth’s Campus.

At the same time, a scooter operated by 30-year-old Jonathan Plater was also making a left turn at which time it collided into the Toyota’s right front fender. The collision caused Jonathan Plater to eject from the scooter.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.