Document: Traffic Fatality: Northbound Interstate 295 at Exit 4

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Major Crash Unit is investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Aug. 2 on Northbound Interstate 295 at Exit 4.

According to MPD documents, a 2019 Honda motorcycle, driven by an adult male, was traveling northbound on I-295 approaching Exit 4 behind a 2022 Ford Transit van. As traffic slowed down, the motorcycle ran struck the rear of the van. Responding officers transported the motorcycle driver to a local hospital for the treatment of life-threatening injuries. The driver of the van did not sustain any injuries.

On Aug. 21, the motorcycle driver succumbed to his injuries. He was identified as 38-year-old Marcus Hearn.

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