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- May 17, 2021
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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a traffic fatality that happened on May 14.
According to the press release, preliminary investigation revealed that, at around 6:49 p.m., an individual was driving a Chrysler Pacifica Southwest bound on the 4200 block of Southern Avenue, SE when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle and crossed the centerline onto incoming traffic.
“The Chrysler Pacifica the struck a Metro Transit bus, head-on, that was travelling in the right lane of the northeast bound direction,” the press release states.
The driver of the Chrysler, 68-year-old Gregory Holloway, was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The driver and two passengers of a bus were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Another passenger was treated on scene.