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By
Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- September 6, 2022
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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.