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- October 13, 2023
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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Major Crash Investigations Unit is investigating a traffic fatality that killed a man on Oct. 12 on I-295 South at exit 1C.
According to MPD documents, in the early hours of the morning, a 2021 Harley Davidson Trike was traveling southbound on I-295, and attempted to take the 1C exit towards Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and 11th Street, SE. While on the ramp, the motorcycle struck the guard rail, ejecting the man over the rail.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as 59-year-old Don Antonio Coleman.
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