After withholding his identity pending next of kin notification, The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) identified the victim of a Feb. 7 traffic fatality as 42 year-old Sean Burgess.
According to a press release, at around 8:28 p.m. that day, officers responded to the location of the crash for the report of a pedestrian struck.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle was traveling eastbound in the 1800 block of E Street, NW when it struck a pedestrian, outside of a marked crosswalk.
The victim was pronounced dead on the scene.
