3 Dead, 2 Injured In Rock Creek And Potomac Parkway Crash: Report

WASHINGTON D.C. — Three people are dead and two are injured following a Wednesday morning crash on Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in Washington, D.C., police told NBC4.

Police told the outlet that the crash, which occurred around 1:40 a.m. on Rock Creek Parkway just south of the P Street exit, involved a car that fled a traffic stop.

Three people in one car died at the scene, and two people in another car were injured. One has life-threatening injuries, police said.

Rock Creek Parkway is shut down between K and P Streets northwest, northbound traffic is diverted to Virginia Avenue, and southbound is diverted to Shoreham Hill toward Calvert Street. The entrance at Massachusetts Avenue is closed, officials said.

Read the full report at NBC4.