Pedestrian struck and killed by Secret Service Limousine used for VPOTUS
(Source: Washington Post)
Two armored U.S. Secret Service vehicles, including a limousine sometimes used by Vice President Biden, struck and killed a man hours before dawn Wednesday as he was crossing rain-slicked Suitland Parkway near the D.C.-Maryland border, authorities said.
The pedestrian, whose name was withheld by police pending notification of his next of kin, was struck by the limousine and a Chevrolet Suburban at 2:27 a.m. at the intersection of the parkway and Naylor Road, just over the District line in Prince George’s County, according to the Secret Service and U.S. Park Police.
The two vehicles, each driven by a Secret Service employee, had just arrived by military plane at Andrews Air Force Base and were being taken to a storage facility in the District, said Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley. He said they were not carrying any “protectees.”
Biden had used the limousine Tuesday during a visit to Fort Lewis, Wash., and the Suburban also had been part of the vice president’s motorcade during the trip, Wiley said.
The armored sport utility vehicle and limousine were occupied only by Secret Service employees and were not carrying the vice president or any other dignitaries, said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan.
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Transportgooru Musings: Interestingly, the recent Transportation for America report on Pedestrian Safety ranks Washington, DC somewhere near the middle, among the top 52 cities surveyed, based on the Pedestrian Danger Index
