One person died and two others were taken to hospitals after their car crashed into a parked car on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest D.C. on Thursday and they were found unconscious.
A small white Mazda with Texas tags was headed north on Connecticut Avenue near the Cleveland Park library when the car hit another car and left the scene, a witness said. News4 was on the scene during the emergency response.
The driver continued north to Macomb Street NW, stopped at the traffic light, slowly passed through the intersection and then drifted into opposing traffic. The white Mazda then hit a parked Audi SUV.
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"All of a sudden it swerved and hit that car, and so apparently the driver was passed out," said Kenny, a witness to the crash.
Kenny said he was waiting to get into the Cleveland Park library at about 1 p.m. when he saw the Mazda hatchback collide with the parked Audi.
Officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division were on the scene very quickly, he said.
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"They were screaming 'Narcan! Narcan!'" he said.
One person got out and passed out on a sidewalk. U.S. Secret Service officers were nearby and found two other people in the white car. They started to perform CPR on all three people.
One person was pronounced dead and two others were taken to hospitals. The victims were a woman and two men. The name of the person who died was not immediately released.
D.C. police and D.C. Fire and EMS were called to the scene at about 1:15 p.m. The initial call reported that one person was unconscious. District officials then learned of the other two victims.
The investigation kept one lane of Connecticut Avenue closed well into the evening rush.
Stay with NBC Washington for more details on this developing story.
