WASHINGTON -- A USA Today reporter died in a hit-and-run accident on Friday night on H St, Northeast in D.C.
Oren Dorell, 53, was a foreign affairs and breaking news reporter.
According to police, the incident happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of H St., Northeast. Dorell was riding a motorcycle when a car hit him. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of the vehicle, Daryl Grant Alexander, 47, of Southeast, D.C. was under the influence, police say.
Alexander has been charged with second degree murder, driving under the influence and leaving after colliding.
Dorell had been at USA Today since 2005 and was known to be well-traveled. On his Twitter bio, he wrote that he had traveled much of the United States and a photo of him and the Dalai Lama was prominently featured.
Dorell's colleagues and other journalists took to Twitter to mourn his loss.
He was a graduate from Temple University.
