Document: Traffic Fatality in Columbia Heights

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In the early morning hours of Aug. 4, a passenger of a vehicle was killed in a traffic accident on the 1200 block of Harvard St., NW.

According to a press release from the Metropolitan Police Department, a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed lost control and crashed into a parking lot guard booth. The passenger, 39-year-old Nelson Orellana, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the vehicle was treated for non-life threatening injuries. The crash is still under investigation and there have not been any arrests as of Aug. 4.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is requested to contact the Metropolitan Police Department at (202) 727-9099.



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