Metro News Release

For immediate release: December 3, 2007

Metrobus involved in pedestrian fatality

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a Metrobus in Montgomery County on Parklawn Drive at 6:33 p.m. today, Monday, December 3.

Metrobus 2090 was traveling northbound on Parklawn Drive when a pedestrian stepped into the roadway and was struck by the bus near Twinbrook Parkway, according to preliminary reports.

The bus was operating a J5 route to the Twinbrook Metrorail station. There were no passengers on board.

The bus operator has been driving a Metrobus since January 2007, and was put on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of routine drug and alcohol testing.

The Montgomery County Police Department is heading up the accident investigation and Metro Transit Police are working with the county.

Monday night’s accident was the fourth fatal Metrobus/pedestrian accident and the fifth death this year. On February 18, a woman was fatally struck on Congress Street, SE. On February 14, a Metrobus fatally struck two women at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street, NW. And on January 16, a District of Columbia resident was fatally injured by a Metrobus at 16th Street and Park Road, NW.

News release issued at 12:00 am, December 3, 2007.