Two Pedestrians Struck And Killed By Driver Of Tour Bus In Downtown D.C.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I walked through that intersection last Friday at lunch. Two times; once going, and once coming back.

DEC 20, 10:52 AM

Two Pedestrians Struck And Killed By Driver Of Tour Bus In Downtown D.C.

Two women were killed on Wednesday night when a passenger bus struck them at the intersection of Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The bus appeared to be a tour bus, with photos showing the words “Eyre Bus, Tour, Travel” printed on the side.

At around 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday night, the bus was traveling northbound on Seventh Street. The driver then made a left turn onto Pennsylvania Avenue, striking two women in the crosswalk, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The women suffered life-threatening injuries and were taken to a hospital from the scene. Both women passed away.

Police have identified the women as 61-year-old Monica Adams Carlson and 85-year-old Cora Louise Adams. Carlson was the mayor of Skagway, an Alaskan town of about 1,000 people, about 100 miles north of Juneau, NBC washington reports. Adams was Carlson’s mother, according to the outlet.

Detectives with the Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating the crash, according to MPD. ... Traffic fatalities are up more than 13 percent this year, despite the city’s goal of reducing deaths to zero by 2024.

[2naSalit]

1. Those tour busses are dangerous

they need better regulation and forced to obey driving rules/laws.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Another link. WaPo: Mother and daughter die after being struck by tour bus in downtown D.C.

I recall that previous incident.

I walked through that intersection a week ago, though not using the crosswalk on the west side of Seventh Street. I have crossed Pennsylvania Avenue using that crosswalk a bunch of times.

Breakfast links: A tour bus driver fatally struck a mother and daughter visiting DC

By Liam Sullivan (Contributor) December 21, 2018

Public Safety

Mother and daughter die after being struck by tour bus in downtown D.C.

By Dana Hedgpeth, Peter Hermann and Justin Wm. Moyer
December 20 at 5:45 PM

The mother and daughter had traveled from one end of the continent to the other to see the White House decorated for Christmas. They visited Arlington National Cemetery to honor their son and grandson, a Marine who served in Afghanistan. ... Hours after touring the crimson-colored trees and festive ornaments inside the executive mansion, Monica Adams Carlson, 61, and her mother, Cora Louise Adams, 85, were struck by a tour bus while crossing Pennsylvania Avenue just north of the Mall, near the National Archives and Navy Memorial.

Carlson, the mayor of Skagway, Alaska, a tourist gateway with a population of 1,057, and Adams, who ran a hamburger stand in Elbe, Wa., population 75, died at a hospital. The crash occurred about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, the same intersection where two pedestrians were struck by a bus and killed more than a decade ago in similar circumstances.
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Carlson’s husband, Robert, described his wife as a “good gal” and “fun-loving.” They met 34 years ago while skiing in Washington state, where he was on the ski patrol and she supervised ski lift operators. He said his mother-in-law was “a person a lot younger in spirit and in action” who “came across as a grumpy old lady, but had a heart of gold.” ... Their deaths bring the number of traffic-related fatalities in the District this year to 35 — including 14 pedestrian deaths — up from 30 people in 2017. This year’s tally is the highest since 2008, when 39 people died in traffic-related crashes.
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Police said Carlson and Adams were walking north on the west side of the intersection and were in a crosswalk when they were struck. Carlson’s husband said police told him his wife and mother-in-law had a walk signal, which was confirmed by three D.C. police officials familiar with the investigation.
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Police said the two pedestrians were walking northbound on Seventh Street, crossing Pennsylvania on the west side of the street. (Justin Wm. Moyer/The Washington Post)
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Luz Lazo and Eddy Palanzo contributed to this report.

Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl

Peter Hermann covers crime for The Washington Post. He previously worked for the Baltimore Sun for 22 years, covering a Baltimore suburb and then the Baltimore Police Department. Follow https://twitter.com/phscoop

Justin Wm. Moyer is a breaking news reporter for The Washington Post. After a long stint as a contributing writer at the Washington City Paper, he came to The Post in 2008, becoming an editor in Outlook and for the Morning Mix, The Post's overnight team. He became a reporter in 2015. Follow https://twitter.com/justinwmmoyer