Crime & Safety
MD Man Killed In Southeast Motorcycle Crash: Police
D.C. Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle that occurred Saturday night in Southeast.
WASHINGTON, DC — Metropolitan Police Department detectives from the Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred Saturday in Southeast, according to a police release.
Following a preliminary investigation, detectives determined that the operator of a single motorcycle was traveling around 10:30 p.m., in the unit block of 51st Street, S.E., when he lost control of the motorcycle and crashed. D.C. Fire and EMS transported the victim to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
MPD identified the decedent as Darnell Lee Estep, 30, of Temple Hills, Maryland.
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Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.
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