The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a deadly car crash on Interstate 395 in Southwest D.C. on Sunday.
At approximately 7:45 p.m., a Hyundai Elantra was traveling south in the Ninth Street tunnel, police said. The driver of the car began to take the westbound ramp and struck the jersey wall twice for reasons unknown, causing the car to crash over the wall and onto the southbound I-395 below.
The Hyundai landed on the back of a Lexus, flipped upside down and skidded on its roof until it came to a complete stop, MPD said. The driver of the Hyundai was ejected from the car. The Lexus also flipped onto its roof and then struck a third vehicle that was traveling south on I-395.
Emergency responders found the ejected Hyundai driver, who was showing no signs consistent with life, and pronounced him dead at the scene, police said. He was later identified Van Thomas Lee, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A passenger from the Hyundai and the driver of the Lexus were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Anyone who has additional knowledge of this incident is asked to call police at 202-727-9099 or text your tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.