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DC official killed in electric scooter collision in Southeast
WTOP News • • nation
Key Points:
- A collision between two electric scooters at the intersection of 8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE in D.C. resulted in the death of a man and injury to a woman on Friday evening.
- The deceased was identified as Talib Shakir, 50, a deputy mayor and director of the Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs.
- Shakir was pronounced dead at a local hospital after being found unconscious and not breathing at the scene.
- The woman involved was treated and released from the hospital following the crash.
- The incident is currently under investigation, with Mayor Muriel Bowser expressing condolences to Shakir’s family and colleagues.
