Document: Traffic Fatality That Killed a 60-Year-Old Woman

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Oct. 5, at the intersection of 10th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW.

According to a press release, the driver of a 2020 Dodge Charger was driving westbound in the 900 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, crossing 10th Street, Northwest, at around 5:21 am. A pedestrian attempted to cross Massachusetts Avenue in the northwest direction from south to north.

At the intersection, the Dodge Charger struck the pedestrian. When all attempts to save the pedestrian’s life were unsuccessful, DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services came to the scene and took the pedestrian to a nearby hospital, where the pedestrian was later pronounced dead.

The decedent has been identified as 60-year-old Venancie Musabe.