A driver trying to flee from U.S. Secret Service officers hit two women who were walking in Northwest D.C. near the White House Friday evening, killing one of them and critically injuring another, authorities say.
Uniformed Secret Service officers tried to stop a car for "tag irregularities" about 4:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of New York Avenue NW, a spokesperson for the federal agency told News4. As the officers approached the car, the driver sped off, the spokesperson said.
Then, another car hit the suspect's car after it sped through the intersection of New York Ave. and 14th Street, causing the suspect's car to go out of control and hit the two women, the Secret Service said.
Both of the women suffered critical, life-threatening injuries, and medics took them to a hospital, police said. One woman died a short time later.
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"At first, we didn't see the people that were laid down on the floor. We were thinking there was just like a police chasing someone and a suspect was running away from them, but then when we paid attention to the scene we saw the two people laying on the floor," a woman who saw the scene moments after the crash told News4.
The Secret Service arrested the driver.
New York Ave. was closed in both directions at 14th St. NW. The scene of the crash is one block east of the White House.
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