DC: Connecticut Ave Cab Crash

Forest Hills, DC - Around noon a DC cab took the most damage in a 4 car crash on Connecticut Avenue in front of the Burger King between Yuma and Albemarle Streets. MPD and the DC Fire Department were on the scene...

DC: Suspicious Package in Park

Forest Hills, DC - A suspicious package in Soapstone Park turns out to be a marijuana stash. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department, Uniformed Secret Service, and the United States Park Service (K-9 unit)...

DC: MPD to Protesters, "Please Stay"

Forest Hills, DC - As many as 7 animal rights protesters with signs denouncing Huntingdon Life Sciences treatment of animals converged at a house on the 3500 block of Appleton Street. One protester even called out...

Priest Runs over Churchgoers, One Dead

Forest Hills, PA - An 89 year old woman has been killed, and four others injured, after a priest`s car crashed into churchgoers outside their church on Good Friday. Madeline Romell had to have her leg amputated,...

DC: Forest Hills Sinkhole

Washington, DC - Repairs are underway for a sinkhole that formed today on the 2800 block of Ellicott Street, NW.  The DC Fire Department and DDOT are keeping the scene safe.From Alert DC:"A water main has broken...

Bulb Buster Lights Up Earth Hour

Washington, DC – Councilmember Mary Cheh seeks to protect the environment by restricting lighting, but during Earth Hour her house was lit on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors. In addition, both her front stoop lights...

DC: Minor Accident Slows Rush Hour

Washington, DC – A minor fender-bender bottle-necked some rush hour traffic on Connecticut Avenue at Appleton Street Wednesday afternoon. One vehicle was stalled facing north in one of only two southbound lanes....

DC: Another Connecticut & Albemarle Accident

Washington, DC - Two cars were involved in an accident at Connecticut Avenue and Albemarle Street on this rainy evening. One individual was loaded onto a stretcher and placed into an ambulance. MPD, FEMS, and MTPD...

DC: Car, Car, Wall Collision

Washington, DC - Davenport Street between Connecticut Avenue and the Murch School was the scene of a Sunday afternoon collision involving 2 cars and a wall. A young sapling in the middle of the mess escaped with...

DC Connecticut Ave: New Safety Sentinels Deployed

Forest Hills, DC - Less than 24 hours after the posting of the NowPublic article, DC: Connecticut Ave danger to people and protectors exposing damaged pedestrian safety pylons, the DC government replaces the...

DC: Connecticut Ave danger to people and protectors

Forest Hills, DC - Late in 2007 a pedestrian was struck and killed while walking in a marked crosswalk at Connecticut Avenue and Ellicott Street. The DC Government promised changes. One of those changes was the...

DC: Injury at Forest Hills Park

WASHINGTON − Around 6:00 pm, an apparently injured person at the Forest Hills Park was transported by DC Ambulance 20. Engine 77 was also on the scene. Two MPD cars drove by the scene.

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