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Benjamin Robertson, 33, of DC, was arrested and charged Thursday with murder for a fatal crash on Wednesday, July 12 just blocks from the White House that took the life of Philadelphia native Bing Wong.
The crash happened as Robertson was attempting to evade US Secret Service officers who sought to pull him over for an expired registration near the Washington Memorial at the intersection of 17th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW.
Lt. Paul Mayhair of the US Secret Service Uniformed Division said at the time that officers attempted to stop Robertson, who initially acquiesced, but then sped away on 17th Street, through a red light and struck at least two people in the crosswalk, including Wong.
Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on July 12, Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, confirmed that one of the men - later identified as Wong - struck by the hit-and-run driver died from his injuries at an area hospital.
Robertson was charged with second-degree murder. No information about his initial court appearance was released by investigators.
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