Drunk driver fleeing traffic stop kills Lyft driver and two…
Dui Crash Washington District Of Columbia in Washington, District of Columbia: A woman driving drunk in Washington, D.C., sped away from a traffic stop and rammed into a Lyft vehicle at approximately 100 mph on Rock Creek Parkway on March 15, 2023, killing the Lyft driver and his two passengers. The Lyft driver, Kamara, was working to send money home to his family in Sierra Leone. The two passengers, Olvin Josue Torres Velasquez and Jonathan Alberto Mendez, were heading home to Arlington, Virginia, after a night out. The driver who fled the traffic stop later learned her fate in court, with her attorney attributing her behavior to broken bones and head injuries.