Document: Traffic Fatality in Northwest

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Feb. 21, on the 3000 block of Connecticut Avenue, NW.

According to a press release, a 2019 Tesla Model 3 carrying five people was going south in the left travel lane in the 3000 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, at around 7:50 a.m. The Tesla impacted a 2018 Toyota C-HR before slamming into a 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML-350 head-on after crossing the solid-double yellow lines and moving into the northbound lane of traffic. The Tesla was then struck by a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox that was also moving in the direction of north.

The driver of the Tesla, 21-year-old Mohammed Islam was pronounced dead on Feb. 26.

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