Overview

• On June 16, a truck transporting an M1 Abrams tank struck and killed a woman on New York Avenue in Washington, DC.
• The vehicle was en route from the West Potomac Park staging area of the Army’s 250th birthday parade to a railyard in Jessup, Maryland.
• The DC Metropolitan Police Department cleared the contract truck driver of criminal intent or negligence in its initial investigation.
• No military personnel were involved in the accident and the Army has referred all inquiries to law enforcement.
• The tanks had been shipped by rail from Fort Hood, Texas, to participate in the parade two days earlier.