WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving two electric scooters that occurred in Southeast Washington on Friday evening.
First District officers responded to the intersection of 8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast, at approximately 6:47 p.m. on October 9 after receiving reports of a crash. The two adult operators, a man and a woman, collided in the intersection.
Personnel from D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported both operators to an area hospital for medical treatment. The male operator was unconscious and not breathing at the scene, and despite emergency lifesaving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. Authorities identified the decedent as 50-year-old Talib Shakir of Northwest, D.C. The female operator has since been released from the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the incident is urged to contact police at (202) 727-9099 or send tips by texting 50411.
The Washington Herald
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