People living near a D.C. Water construction site have new concerns about safety after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian on Wednesday night.
The crash took place at the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station, when a 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser was traveling westbound down Rhode Island Avenue NE just before 6 p.m., police said.
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WATCH HEREThe pedestrian, identified by police as 66-year-old James Timothy Tarrants of Northwest D.C. crossed through the construction zone near moving traffic, and the Chrysler struck him.
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SIGN UP Tarrants died at the scene, police said.
Neighbors say the sidewalk closure and the confusing traffic flow could be a reason for the crash.
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Hours before the incident, Friends of the Metropolitan Branch Trail -- which calls itself a "community group supporting the maintenance, inclusiveness, & activation of D.C.'s Metropolitan Branch Trail" -- tweeted that there is no safe way for pedestrians to cross in the area.
The crash is under investigation.
