Wrong-way crash on Rock Creek Parkway injures 4

D.C. Fire and EMS at the scene of a serious crash Thursday morning on Rock Creek Parkway. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
D.C. Fire and EMS at the scene of a serious crash Thursday morning on Rock Creek Parkway. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
A serious crash on Rock Creek Parkway Thursday morning sent four people to the hospital. (Courtesy Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
Three people in the crash suffered serious injuries. (Courtesy Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
A serious crash on Rock Creek Parkway Thursday morning sent four people to the hospital. (Courtesy Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
A crash on Rock Creek Parkway Thursday morning sent four people to the hospital. Three had serious injuries. (Courtesy Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
A D.C. Fire truck is seen here on March 2018. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
One of the D.C. Fire and EMS trucks at the scene Thursday morning. (Courtesy Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
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D.C. Fire and EMS at the scene of a serious crash Thursday morning on Rock Creek Parkway. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
A serious crash on Rock Creek Parkway Thursday morning sent four people to the hospital. (Courtesy Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
A serious crash on Rock Creek Parkway Thursday morning sent four people to the hospital. (Courtesy Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
A D.C. Fire truck is seen here on March 2018. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
D.C. Fire and EMS at the scene of a serious crash Thursday morning on Rock Creek Parkway. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)

WASHINGTON — A wrong-way crash closed all lanes of Rock Creek Parkway between Virginia Avenue and Beach Drive in Northwest D.C. for hours Thursday morning. Four people were sent to the hospital.

One person has life-threatening injuries. Two have serious injuries. A fourth person has minor injuries.

U.S. Park Police said the driver of a Ford Mustang was going the wrong way — southbound in northbound lanes — on the parkway in a section of the road where the lanes alternate depending on the time and day.

The Mustang struck a Honda Accord that was carrying three passengers around 6:30 a.m. at the P Street exit. Two passengers in the front seat, both men, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. A woman in the back seat was taken to the ICU with life-threatening injuries.

At the time of the crash, lane changes were not in effect.

It is unclear if the driver of the Mustang knew this.

The vehicles involved in the crash were removed around 9 a.m.; travel lanes were reopened just before 9:10 a.m.

Below is a map of where the crash occurred.

WTOP’s Zeke Hartner contributed to this report.

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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