Document: Traffic Fatality That Killed Two People

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic fatality that killed two people at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, Northeast.

At approximately 5:40 p.m., a driver operating a Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck struck a bicyclist and a pedestrian that was working at a fireworks stand. According to a press release, the driver of the Chevrolet Silverado lost consciousness due to a medical emergency.

The bicyclist is identified as 70-year-old Michael Hawkins and the pedestrian working the fireworks stand is identified as 64-year-old Charles Jackson.