Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic fatality involving a pedestrian that occurred on Sept. 4, at the intersection of Wheeler Road and Southern Avenue, SE.
At approximately 8:29 p.m., a driver that is operating a vehicle that was traveling northbound on the 900 block of Southern Avenue, SE. A pedestrian started to cross Southern Avenue. Injuries were caused when a vehicle failed to stop at a red traffic light on Southern Avenue and struck a pedestrian in the intersection.
The decedent has been identified as 25-year-old Jasmine Butler.
