WASHINGTON — The driver of a van is dead and a 10-year-old passenger is critically injured after a van collided with a Metrobus early Sunday morning, DC Fire and EMS reported.
The incident happened just before 1:30 a.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE and Highview Place SE in Southeast D.C. According to DC Fire, a van collided with a Metrobus on the A8 route.
Two people inside the van suffered life-threatening injuries and DC Fire called for additional EMS units as entrapment was reported.
The driver of the van, later identified as 47-year-old Demetrius Feltz, succumbed to his injuries and his passenger, a 10-year-old child, was taken to the hospital and is being treated for life-threatening injuries, police said.
WMATA said that the bus operator and four passengers on board suffered minor injuries.
The roadway was closed for a time while a HAZMAT unit was attending a fuel spill. The incident remains under investigation by MPD.