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A car slammed into a storefront in Washington, D.C.’s, Georgetown neighborhood Wednesday, injuring the driver, officials said. The vehicle flipped on the 1600 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW and hit a store, D.C. Fire and EMS said. The driver was trapped in the wreckage, extricated by a rescue squad and sent to a hospital with critical injuries, officials said....

The two-vehicle crash happened in the southbound lanes of the parkway at the split to Route 50, the spokesperson said. Officers were dispatched about 1:15 a.m. Sunday.

The Capital Beltway is partially shut down in Montgomery County after a driver crashed into a fire truck whose crew was responding to a previous crash, officials say.

Two children, ages 6 and 3, were crossing a street in Northeast D.C. on Tuesday when a driver struck and injured them, police say. The 6-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy were walking in the crosswalk at 20th and Randolph streets NE about 8:15 a.m. when a car hit them, D.C. police said. The children went to a hospital with minor…

At least two people were pinned in wreckage after six vehicles crashed on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County Wednesday, shutting down the highway, officials said. The crash occurred north of Montrose Road in the local lanes, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said. Northbound local lanes were closed between Montrose Road and Falls Road in the Rockville area,…

A Maryland State Police trooper was struck and injured Wednesday on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, shutting down some lanes, officials said. The trooper was hit during a traffic stop and taken to a hospital for treatment, Maryland State Police said. Their injuries are not considered life-threatening, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said. The crash occurred on the southbound lanes…

A semi-truck crashed into a car stopped on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County early Friday, killing the driver, police said. A Ford Fusion was stopped in the fourth northbound lane when a Kenilworth semi-truck ran into the back, Maryland State Police said. It wasn’t immediately unclear why the Ford was stopped. The semi-truck fell over and jackknifed, closing lanes, police…

A toddler is in the hospital with critical injuries after a driver struck him while he was riding a scooter in Arlington, Virginia. The 2-year-old boy was riding his scooter down a sidewalk in the Westover Village neighborhood about 4 p.m. Wednesday, when the driver of a black Cadillac came out of an alley and hit the young boy, pinning…

A driver struck and critically injured a toddler who was riding a scooter in Arlington. The boy was in an area that neighbors say is known to be dangerous. News’s Drew Wilder explains what the community is doing for the family.

A pedestrian was struck and killed on the Intercounty Connector in the Silver Spring area early Tuesday, shutting down the road for hours, officials say. The pedestrian was struck on westbound Maryland Route 200 prior to Georgia Avenue about 3:30 a.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said. They died on the scene, Piringer said. Authorities didn’t immediately…

A motorcyclist died in a crash with a school bus. The horrific scene unfolded just as schools were letting out Wednesday afternoon. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A motorcyclist died when the bike collided with a school bus Wednesday afternoon in Arlington County. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A man driving a motorcycle was killed Wednesday afternoon when the bike and a school bus collided in Arlington County, Virginia, police say. The crash happened just before 3 p.m. in the 3500 block of 23rd Street South, police said. The motorcyclist was speeding out of an alley on 23rd Street South onto South Kenmore Street when he appeared to…

A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two and injuring at least five others Saturday, authorities said.

A fatal crash shut down the George Washington Memorial Parkway near the CIA headquarters in Virginia early Friday, police said. One car crashed near Turkey Run, U.S. Park Police said. Park Police responded to southbound lanes about 5:15 a.m. The driver was pronounced dead on the scene. They were the only person in the car, police said. Drivers should...

One person died, three people have serious injuries and southbound lanes of Interstate 95 were closed for hours in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, after a crash involving a car and three tractor-trailers, police say.  The name of the person killed was not immediately released.  All southbound lanes of I-95 were closed at mile marker 118 in Spotsylvania County after the crash…

Virginia State Police say a 38-year-old Cumberland County woman was killed and her husband and their eight children were injured when their Amish horse-drawn buggy was rear-ended

A Maryland man was killed Wednesday during a crash so forceful that a car flew 20 feet into a tree, police said. Devonte Quasie-Woode, of Upper Marlboro, died in the collision, Maryland State Police said. He was 27. Quasie-Woode was driving a black Lincoln LS on Route 301, or Crain Highway, near Excalibur Road in Bowie. Another driver, a 38-year-old…

Two people were rushed to hospitals after a Tesla crashed near Potomac, Maryland, early Tuesday, trapping one person in the car, officials said. The Tesla ran off the road and flipped over about 2:30 a.m. on River Road near Spur Wheel Lane, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said. One person was pulled from the car by first…