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3 arrested after DC car chase crash kills moped rider

One person is dead and three people are in police custody after a car crashed into a moped in Northwest D.C. Saturday night.

U.S. Park Police said that the incident began on Rock Creek Parkway northbound around 5:40 p.m., where police attempted to stop a stolen vehicle. The driver fled, exited the parkway and crossed the Connecticut Avenue Bridge.

Near Connecticut Avenue and Kalorama Road NW, the car crossed into the oncoming lane and hit a person on a moped.

The car then hit another vehicle before coming to a stop.

D.C. Fire and EMS and Park Police officers rushed to help the moped rider, but the person died at the scene. Two people in the struck vehicle were taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.

Three people in the fleeing car were arrested by D.C. police.

Anyone with information is urged to contact D.C. police by calling 202-727-9089 or by texting 50411.

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