1 dead, 5 hurt after driver hit pedestrians at Georgetown hospital
One person died and five other people are hurt after a driver hit pedestrians in a parking garage at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital on Thursday, authorities say.
The victims were walking in a garage near the Northwest D.C. hospital’s emergency room when they were hit by a car, police said.
Hospital workers and an off-duty D.C. police officer rushed to help the victims.
“The emergency room personnel apparently rushed right out with stretchers, and they quickly brought patients right in to the E.R. and began emergency care,” DC Fire and EMS spokesman Vito Maggiolo told reporters on the scene.
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First responders were called to the hospital in the 3800 block of Reservoir Road at about 12:45 p.m.
Three patients were still hospitalized as of late afternoon Thursday and have injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, the hospital said in a statement. Two other patients were treated and released.
Two of the victims appeared to be in cardiac arrest and were given CPR, according to people familiar with the fire and EMS response.
Preliminarily, crash investigators believe what happened was a terrible accident.
The driver of the car that hit people was treated for minor injuries. It wasn’t immediately clear if she could face charges.
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Source: NBC4 Washington
