Pedestrian killed on Connecticut Avenue

I was at the Capitol Hill Town Square meeting last night and couldn’t post, but in case you didn’t see it elsewhere, a pedestrian was killed near Connecticut and Nebraska.

MPD initial reports seem to place responsibility on the pedestrian:

The operator of a 1998 Dodge Neon that was traveling northwest bound on Connecticut Avenue, NW struck a pedestrian … the impact caused the pedestrian to become embedded in the windshield of the Dodge. The investigation indicates that the pedestrian, who has been identified as 85-year-old Charles Schwartz, of the 4700 block of Willard Avenue in Chevy Chase, Maryland, was not crossing in a marked crosswalk and was crossing between two adjacent intersections controlled by signal lights. Speed does not appear to be a factor nor was alcohol consumption by the driver a contributing factor.

Resident Kelly C. witnessed the accident and wrote this account on the Chevy Chase neighborhood list:

The man was impaled into the windshield of the car with his entire head, shoulders, and arms inside the car and the rest of his body dangling outside the car. He was not moving. I assumed he was dead. It was the most horrific thing I have ever seen. Thank God my kids didn’t see it as we drove past.

Be careful out there.