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Anacostia River
Obituaries
Driver Dead After Plunging Into Anacostia River On Christmas Day (
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Additional details have been provided by the Metropolitan Police Department days after a 38-year-old District man died after crashing his truck into the Anacostia River. Southeast DC resident Michael Jerome Dennis was driving on Monday afternoon, when he lost control, veered over a designated footpath and grass embankment for splash landing in the water, investigators say. Officers were called to the scene when a witness called the department at around 1:30 to advise that there was a truck submerged near the 700 block of Anacostia Drive SE and the 11th Street Bridge. Update water rescue…
Police & Fire
Man Rescued After Car Plunges Into Anacostia River On Christmas
Dive teams pulled a man from the Anacostia River after his car plunged into the water on Christmas Day. The call came in just before 2 p.m. at the 11th Street bridge, NBC Washington reports. The man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, the outlet said. DC firefighters shared photos from the rescue on Twitter. Update water rescue Anacostia River below 11th St Bridge SE. 3 rescue divers & 2 rescue swimmers from DC Fire & EMS entered the water, locating & removing 1 adult victim from the vehicle. All are out of the river for decontamination & rehab. #…
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Sewer Overflow Suspends Swimming In Anacostia River — Maybe For Months
Swimming in the Anacostia River will just have to wait. The highly-anticipated Anacostia River Splash set for Saturday, July 8, has been postponed due to a sewage overflow, officials said. The event was to celebrate the progress made in cleaning the river. However, a sewage overflow happened last Thursday during a rainstorm. “Recently, we have had several intense short duration rain events, which caused two small CSO discharges to the Anacostia River," said Jeff Seltzer, Deputy Director of DOEE’s Natural Resources Administration. "Unfortunately, the Splash event needs to be postponed out o…
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Body Pulled From Anacostia River In Southeast DC
A body was pulled from the Anacostia River in Southeast DC, officials confirmed. On Thursday, June 22, DC Fire and EMS personnel were called to the river near the boat ramp at Anacostia Park SE to investigate reports of a body in the water. Water rescue assignment Anacostia River along Anacostia Park SE vicinity of the boat ramp. Report of person in the water. #DCsBravest — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) June 22, 2023 Following a brief investigation, officials confirmed the rescue effort was actually a body recovery, and the incident is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Dep…
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DC Rapist Who Forced Naked Woman Into Anacostia River After Assault Gets Prison Time: Feds
The 22-year-old Washington, DC man who raped a stranger and force her to strip naked and get into the Anacostia River will spend nearly two decades behind bars for his role in a crime taken straight out of a movie script. Troy Ashley has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the armed rape of a stranger in Southeast DC on March 20, 2018, according to federal prosecutors on Friday, May 26. Officials say that on on the night of the disturbing incident, a woman was sitting in her car in the 3200 block of Buena Vista Terrace SE in DC, when Ashley approached her car with a gun and demanded t…
Obituaries
MD Dads Killed In Anacostia River Crash
Support is swelling for the families of two men who were among three killed when their vehicle splash landed in the Anacostia River in Washington, DC late last week. First responders were called at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 to the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge after receiving reports of a vehicle that had gone into the water. Water search below S. Capitol St Bridge. Witnesses report seeing vehicle go into water. Track marks located leading to water. Search by land, water & air in progress utilizing Fireboats, @uscoastguard, @DCPoliceDept harbor & @uspar…
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Three Killed As Car Plunges Into Anacostia River
Three bodies were pulled from the Anacostia River after a car plunged into the water in Washington, DC, on Thursday night. First responders were called at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 to the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge after receiving reports of a vehicle that had gone into the water. Water search below S. Capitol St Bridge. Witnesses report seeing vehicle go into water. Track marks located leading to water. Search by land, water & air in progress utilizing Fireboats, @uscoastguard, @DCPoliceDept harbor & @usparkpolicepio Eagle helicopter. #DCsBravest pi…
Police & Fire
Teen Listed In Critical Condition After Stabbing On Maryland Overpass: Police (
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Police in Prince George's County are investigating a reported teen stabbing that temporarily tied up traffic near a busy Hyattsville intersection. First responders from the Hyattsville Police Department responded to Baltimore Avenue near the intersection of Charles Armentrout Drive at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, where there was a reported stabbing involving an unknown suspect. According to police, the initial investigation determined that two men were walking on the Baltimore Avenue Anacostia River overpass when they came face-to-face, with one man stabbing the other i…
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