Document: Traffic Fatality in Northeast, DC

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 30, 2021
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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a fatal traffic accident that happened at the intersection of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue and Hayes Street, NE, on Aug. 28.

According to a press release, preliminary investigation revealed that, at about 9:15 p.m., an individual was driving a red 2005 Honda dirt bike eastbound on the 4400 block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE. 

At the same time, another individual was driving a silver Hyundai Sonata westbound on the 4500 block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE.

When the driver of the Hyundai turned left onto the 4400 block of Hayes Street, NE, the dirt bike collided with the passenger side of the car, according to the press release. 

The operator of the dirt bike, 24-year-old Reginald Bynum, was pronounced dead at a local hospital on Aug. 29.