Document: Traffic Fatality

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a traffic fatality that resulted from a traffic crash that occurred on July 28.

Preliminary investigations show that at approximately 8:21 a.m., a pedestrian was standing behind his car on the 4400 block of Bowen Road, SE. A vehicle struck the pedestrian and pinned him in between the two vehicles. The impact also forced the pedestrian’s vehicle to hit a parked vehicle, according to the press release.

The pedestrian, 66-year-old Keith Douglas, was pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital, according to the press release.