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2 dead, 9 injured after car crashes into outdoor seating at NW DC restaurant
wtop ^ | Alejandro Alvarez

Posted on 03/11/2022 1:41:27 PM PST by BenLurkin

Parthenon, a Greek restaurant and lounge in the Chevy Chase neighborhood near the Maryland state line.

A D.C. police spokesman said two women died of their injuries on Friday afternoon. Their identities were not immediately released.

At least 11 people were injured when the crash occurred around 12:18 p.m., fire officials confirmed, eight of whom were transported to various hospitals. Five were initially listed in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, including the two women who later died. Three others were treated and released on scene.

Cmdr. Duncan Bedlion with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District said investigators believe an elderly man lost control of his SUV while headed northbound on Connecticut Avenue, and had no indication that the crash was intentional.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: terrorism
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1 posted on 03/11/2022 1:41:27 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Another needless mass killing. We’ve got to ban these assault cars.


2 posted on 03/11/2022 1:44:02 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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To: BenLurkin

Lemme guess....it was a tesla in autonomous mode.


3 posted on 03/11/2022 1:45:59 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: BenLurkin

Was it an EV?


4 posted on 03/11/2022 1:45:59 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin
These deaths are on the Democrats. If not for the lockdowns, these people would have been eating indoors.

Seating diners where they can be struck by vehicles and not having pilings to protect them is deathly negligent.

5 posted on 03/11/2022 1:48:01 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Paladin2

Beat ya to it


6 posted on 03/11/2022 1:51:03 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: T.B. Yoits
Seating diners where they can be struck by vehicles and not having pilings to protect them is deathly negligent.

It's the second week of March, FFS.

"Outdoor seating"? What a bunch of moronic Karens.

7 posted on 03/11/2022 1:54:23 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Paladin2

Was it wearing a mask?


8 posted on 03/11/2022 1:56:23 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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It’s 62 degrees here now and sunny, and around noon it was probably a lot warmer. We’ve had several days like that lately, hit almost 70-something this past week.

We like to be outside after a long, cold spell. Especially when it’s going to be snowing and freezing again tomorrow.


9 posted on 03/11/2022 1:57:34 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BenLurkin

Was this a terrorist attack?


10 posted on 03/11/2022 2:07:25 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: Jamestown1630

I was just going to write the same thing. Especially since the “Bombogenesis” coming tomorrow.


11 posted on 03/11/2022 2:12:40 PM PST by vivenne (")
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To: BenLurkin

They letting Joe play with a new EV again?


12 posted on 03/11/2022 2:14:36 PM PST by digger48
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To: HIDEK6

Elderly man who lost control of SUV.


13 posted on 03/11/2022 2:14:49 PM PST by vivenne (")
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I didn’t think Biden was allowed to drive.


14 posted on 03/11/2022 2:18:29 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: BenLurkin

georgetown always freaked me out with the highway running thru it.


15 posted on 03/11/2022 2:19:54 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: vivenne

I’m just hoping it’s the end of Winter. I’m really tired of being cold.


16 posted on 03/11/2022 2:24:54 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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People who can be outside like to be outside, no matter the temperature! And most people in DC appear to have been forced outside anyway.

I had a wonderful outside evening meal…sort of appetizers or small plates and wine or beer, kind of a happy hour European style…at a cafe in Prague where we were all sitting at tables or on benches along the wall under heat lamps…and draped in blankets supplied by the restaurant. It was wonderful.

So eating outside is fine. I’d like to know more details on this incident. However, I do think cities should put barriers of some sort, such as nice looking metal posts that rise from the ground but can be retracted for street cleaning or even concrete barriers, which could have planters on top and actually be attractive but protective as well. This was done after 9/11 and some terrorist vehicle attacks, but it seems to have faded away. Bring it back!


17 posted on 03/11/2022 2:33:30 PM PST by livius
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To: V_TWIN

More importantly- was the driver vaccinated and wearing a mask?


18 posted on 03/11/2022 2:35:18 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: V_TWIN

I saw that after posting....


19 posted on 03/11/2022 2:38:00 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: V_TWIN

< a second....


20 posted on 03/11/2022 2:38:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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