(Washington, D.C.) – Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in the 2800 block of New York Avenue, Northeast.
At approximately 9:32 p.m., members of the Fifth District responded to the listed location after a report of a pedestrian being struck. Upon arrival, they located an adult female victim in the roadway, unconscious and unresponsive. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and determined the victim displayed no signs consistent with life. She was pronounced dead on the scene.
The decedent has been identified as 39-year-old Sierra Nichole Smith, of no fixed address.
The preliminary investigation revealed that earlier in the evening, a semi-trailer truck carrying a U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank—one that had participated in the Army’s 250th birthday parade in Washington, D.C.—was traveling eastbound in the 1600 block of New York Avenue, NE, when the pedestrian entered the roadway. The pedestrian fell and was struck by the truck and dragged to the 2800 block of New York Avenue. There, a Chevrolet Suburban, also traveling eastbound, subsequently struck the pedestrian. Both drivers remained on the scene.
This incident remains under investigation.
