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DC Bartender Broke Nearly Every Bone In His Face In Crash He Can't Remember, Brother Says DC Bartender Broke Nearly Every Bone In His Face In Crash He Can't Remember, Brother Says
DC Bartender Broke Nearly Every Bone In His Face In Crash He Can't Remember, Brother Says Doctors are piecing together Kevin Smith's face, but he's trying to piece together what happened. One minute, the 28-year-old bartender was riding his scooter home after a night out on St. Patrick's Day with friends in Washington DC. The next, he was in the emergency room at George Washington University Hospital. Doctors and nurses tell him he was in a crash, but he doesn't remember any of it, his 33-year-old brother, Chris Smith, tells Daily Voice. "We don’t know the details of how it happened or what caused it, because he woke up in the ER Monday morning with no recollection of anything…

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Tesla Driver Dies Days After Chain-Reaction Crash Near National Zoo In DC, Police Say Tesla Driver Dies Days After Chain-Reaction Crash Near National Zoo In DC, Police Say
Tesla Driver Dies Days After Chain-Reaction Crash Near National Zoo In DC, Police Say The driver of a Tesla Model 3 who was hospitalized in a violent multi-vehicle crash in Washington, DC died at the hospital nearly a week after suffering critical injuries near the National Zoo, the Metropolitan Police Department announced. Mohammed Islam, 21, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, died on Sunday, Feb. 26, days after he was involved in a wrong-way crash in the 3000 block of Connecticut Avenue last week. Police say that shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, Islam was driving a Tesla with four passengers southbound on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest, DC, when he crossed over the…

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by Zak Failla
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DC Pedestrian, 66, Struck And Killed: Police DC Pedestrian, 66, Struck And Killed: Police
DC Pedestrian, 66, Struck And Killed: Police A 66-year-old man has died following a pedestrian-involved crash in Washington DC, authorities said.  Clinton Covington, of Northwest, DC, was struck while crossing the street in the 5300 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northeast, around 9:48 p.m. on Sunday, May 8, Metropolitan Police said. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Initial investigation showed that a Toyota Prius was traveling southbound when the vehicle hit Covington, police said. MPD confirmed to Daily Voice the driver stayed at the scene of the crash. The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with in…

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by David Cifarelli