DC Driver, 76, Killed as Speeding SUV Flies Off I-295, Slams Into Tree in Woods

Toyota 4Runner vaults over guardrail in deadly Southeast DC crash.

WASHINGTON, DC – A 76-year-old Washington man was killed after his Toyota 4Runner slammed into a guardrail on Interstate 295, launched off the highway and crashed into a tree in a wooded area of Southeast DC. Police say the SUV was traveling at an accelerated speed before the driver lost control in the deadly Monday afternoon wreck.

The crash happened around 12:35 p.m. October 26 on northbound I-295 just before Exit 2, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Seventh District officers responding to reports of a single-vehicle crash discovered the Toyota 4Runner down an embankment, where the driver was unconscious and not breathing…

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