Traffic Fatality on Howard Road, SE

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The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred on Dec. 3.

According to a press release, a Ford Crown Victoria and a utility work truck collided while turning at a traffic signal at bottom of the exit ramp of I-295 South at Howard Road, SE. The collision pushed the Crown Victoria onto the curb and into a utility pole.

The Crown Victoria’s backseat passenger, 67-year-old Sara Ralphine Campbell, succumbed to life threatening injuries on Dec. 17. The Crown Victoria’s driver and front seat passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries. The driver and front seat passenger of the utility truck also sustained non-life threatening injuries.

No one has been charged at this time.

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