The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal vehicle crash that occurred Saturday night in Southeast.
On Saturday, July 12, 2025, at approximately 9:06 p.m., Seventh District officers responded to Southbound Interstate 295 just before the Howard Road/Suitland Parkway exit, for the report of a single vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers located a juvenile male who was a rear passenger of the vehicle, unconscious and not breathing. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and despite all lifesaving measures, the juvenile male was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 16-year-old Rick Kearney, of Southeast, DC…