![]() The road was closed for more than 13 hours, reopening around 1 a.m. The car made it past the pedestrian bridge, but then was hit in the windshield and hood by “a large piece of concrete” that had fallen from the bridge.Ī Honda Accord in the middle lane behind the BMW was hit on the hood by the large “Benning Road/Foote St.” highway sign that fell from the bridge then it was rear-ended by a pickup truck.įive people were in these four vehicles, the police said four people were taken to hospitals for injuries the police said were not life-threatening. Officials detail efforts to repair other infrastructureĪ BMW next to the truck in the middle lane swerved as the truck hit the bridge, and crashed into the jersey barrier on the left. The driver hit the bridge just before noon, bringing it down on top of its subframe.ĭC 295 reopens after pedestrian bridge collapses 295 (Kenilworth Avenue) near Lane Place in Northeast. ![]() That evidently caused his Mack truck to become taller than the 14-foot clearance of the bridge over D.C. He told the police he had forgotten to lower his subframe. The police report said that the truck driver had just left a nearby concrete plant and was heading south on 295 just before noon. 295 Wednesday morning details some very near misses that easily could have caused serious injuries or worse, with one car hit by falling concrete and another by a large highway sign. The police report of the truck crash that brought down a pedestrian bridge over D.C. The aftermath of the bridge collapse in Northeast D.C. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
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