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Man pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist along Mall
Hat tip, GreaterGreaterWashington:
Breakfast links: Don’t park in the bike lane
By Nicole Cacozza (Contributor) November 7, 2018
A Maryland man pleads guilty to fatally hitting a cyclist in DC
A Suitland man pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter after hitting and killing Thomas Hollowell while he was bicycling on Constitution Avenue near the Mall in September. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
By Nicole Cacozza (Contributor) November 7, 2018
A Maryland man pleads guilty to fatally hitting a cyclist in DC
A Suitland man pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter after hitting and killing Thomas Hollowell while he was bicycling on Constitution Avenue near the Mall in September. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
Public Safety
Man pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist along Mall
By Dana Hedgpeth
November 6
A man who fatally struck a cyclist in a hit-and-run incident along the Mall in Washington pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Phillip Peoples, 20, of Suitland made the plea in D.C. Superior Court. He was charged in October in the hit-and-run death of Thomas Hendricks Hollowell, 64, of Arlington.
Hollowell was riding his bike about 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 24 near 12th Street and Constitution Avenue NW when he was hit by a dark-colored sedan, according to authorities. The driver of the vehicle, who was later identified as Peoples, had run a red light at an intersection. He then sped away after colliding with Hollowell at a “high rate of speed,” police said.
Witnesses told police that the driver barely braked after the crash before leaving the scene.
[Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist along the Mall in Washington]
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[Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run incident]
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Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
Man pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist along Mall
By Dana Hedgpeth
November 6
A man who fatally struck a cyclist in a hit-and-run incident along the Mall in Washington pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Phillip Peoples, 20, of Suitland made the plea in D.C. Superior Court. He was charged in October in the hit-and-run death of Thomas Hendricks Hollowell, 64, of Arlington.
Hollowell was riding his bike about 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 24 near 12th Street and Constitution Avenue NW when he was hit by a dark-colored sedan, according to authorities. The driver of the vehicle, who was later identified as Peoples, had run a red light at an intersection. He then sped away after colliding with Hollowell at a “high rate of speed,” police said.
Witnesses told police that the driver barely braked after the crash before leaving the scene.
[Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist along the Mall in Washington]
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[Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run incident]
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Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
