[Scan-DC] tanker crash on 270---fatal?

[Thomas P. Clouse]

WASHINGTON (AP) - District of Columbia police say that a 10-year department
veteran died Friday from injuries suffered in a traffic accident while
off-duty in suburban Maryland.

Commander Andrew Solberg of the Fifth District Station said in an email to
district residents that Officer Jelani Prather died Friday afternoon.

ABC 7 <http://wj.la/q6umN9> reported that Prather's car struck a tanker
truck early Friday afternoon on the shoulder of Interstate 270 south of the
Falls Road exit in Montgomery County, Md.

The news station reported that the driver apparently didn't brake. It said
investigators found the Freightliner tanker truck driver was checking an
equipment problem when he saw a Scion XB approaching on the right shoulder.
The truck driver told police he put the truck into drive and honked his horn
to avoid a crash, but that the Scion struck the rear of the truck.

No charges have been filed and the police investigation continues.

Prather joined the department in September, 2001, and was assigned to the
Fifth District in northeast Washington.

Solberg wrote "Officer Prather was assigned to a motorcycle beat in PSA 503
on the evening shift, and was much loved by his colleagues here at 5D as
well as those he served in the community."


On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:07 PM, ltbrown122 at aol.com <ltbrown122 at aol.com>wrote:

> Do they release the name or what department??
>
> Joe Bradley
> (240) 793-2431
>
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Thomas P. Clouse" <thomas.p.clouse at gmail.com>
> To: "Scan DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Scan-DC] tanker crash on 270---fatal?
> Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 19:24
>
>
> The fatality was an off duty police officer.
> On Sep 16, 2011 4:44 PM, "ltbrown122 at aol.com" <ltbrown122 at aol.com> wrote:
> > Yes - it was a fatal. Car ran into the back of a single axle tanker truck
> carrying diesel. Yes for the body recovery.
> >
> > Joe Bradley
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Reply message -----
> > From: "Jeff Krauss" <jeff at krauss.ws>
> > To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>, <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Scan-DC] tanker crash on 270---fatal?
> > Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 15:01
> >
> >
> > Was the tanker crash on 270 this afternoon a fatal?
> > Montgomery FD is sending a rescue squad and an ambulance back to the
> scene--
> > Is that to recover and transport a body?
> >
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