1 dead after I-295 crash

WASHINGTON — One person is dead after a crash late Sunday night on Interstate 295 in Southeast D.C.

It happened around 10:45 p.m.

D.C. police say the two-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes killed one and sent another person to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation closed I-295 between Malcolm X Avenue and Suitland Parkway until 6 a.m.

John Domen

John has been with WTOP since 2016 but has spent most of his life living and working in the DMV, covering nearly every kind of story imaginable around the region. He’s twice been named Best Reporter by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association. 

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