A silver Toyota collided into a motorcycle at the corner of 20th and K streets at about 3 p.m. Thursday, sending the car driver to the GW Hospital.
The motorcycle stopped for a red light and the car continued on, throwing the cyclist off his bike, said Marshall Smith who works for The Prime Rib, a restaurant about 20 yards away from the crash.
“(The cyclist) went over the median bus stop, the motorcycle went onto the curb and the man landed in the street,” Smith said.
He added, “I believe it was fatal.”
Although the police officers on the scene could not confirm if the car driver died, Smith said “the police officer told us it was fatal.”
The Metropolitan Police Department Public Information Office had not received a full report of the crash late Thursday afternoon.
MPD Officer Israel James said, “I know it was a serious accident involving a motorcycle but we haven’t gotten any recent updates.”