WASHINGTON — One person is dead after a fiery crash on Interstate 295 in Northeast D.C. Friday morning.
DC Fire and EMS responded to I-295 at Benning Road Northeast after receiving a call at 6:50 a.m.
At the scene, first responders learned that a Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling northbound on I-295 approaching the Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue exit when the crash occurred.
Witnesses say the truck driver was speeding at the time.
A preliminary investigation reveals that the truck drove onto the right shoulder of the roadway and struck a guardrail. As the driver of the Dodge attempted to merge back into the travel lane, they lost control and veered to the left of the roadway, striking the cement jersey wall.
Investigators say the truck then climbed this wall, hitting a Toyota Camry traveling southbound on the same roadway, before coming to a stop and bursting into flames.
The driver of the truck died at the scene after getting trapped. The passenger of the truck was pulled out by an officer and rushed to an area hospital in critical condition.
When the jersey wall was pushed outward into the southbound lanes of I-295, a Dodge Ram 3500 was unable to avoid the jersey wall and struck it. The driver and three passengers were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
The identity of the driver who died is being withheld pending next of kin notification.
The driver of the Toyota Camry was not injured.
Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should call the Metropolitan Police Department at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.
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