Woman Found Stabbed on Anacostia Freeway in Southeast DC: Police

All lanes of southbound DC-295 are shut down between the East Capitol Street and Pennsylvania Avenue exits, police said

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NBC 4 New York

A woman was found fatally stabbed on a highway in Southeast Washington, D.C., Saturday, and authorities have closed part of the road, authorities said.

The woman was found injured about 11:15 a.m. on DC-295 (the Anacostia Freeway) near Pennsylvania Avenue, D.C. She was unconscious and not breathing and pronounced dead on the scene, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

D.C. police confirmed that the woman was found just outside her vehicle.

All lanes of southbound DC-295 were shut down between the East Capitol Street and Pennsylvania Avenue exits, police said.

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