Metropolitan Police Department (DC Police / MPD)

Man Driving Dirt Bike Killed in Collision With DC Police Cruiser

A man driving a dirt bike was killed in a collision with a D.C. police cruiser Friday after he allegedly drove down the wrong side of the road.

Police identified the man as 22-year-old Jeffrey Wayne Price of Northeast D.C.

Price was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed down the wrong side of Division Avenue about 1:50 p.m. Friday when he struck a marked police cruiser, police said. Price was thrown from the bike.

He was taken to a hospital where he died.

The officer wasn't hurt.

The collision is under investigation.

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