Dashcam video shows car crashing, driving off Memorial Bridge into Potomac River



The driver of the car was rescued from the river, but passed away from his injuries overnight.

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49 thoughts on “Dashcam video shows car crashing, driving off Memorial Bridge into Potomac River”

  1. Why do they assume speeding? The recording vehicle was being passed as I'm sure other vehicles were passing it as well. I didn't noticed if the dash came showed posted speed and actual speed. Stop it wanting to be an expert.

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  2. The driver of the truck wasn't paying attention, rear-ended the car in front of him and veered to the left. Medical emergency? Texting? Blatant stupidity? You can't go swimming at this time of year.

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  3. The first question: who in their right mind made a bridge with no emergency railing? There should have been a safe speed cable of something to slow down the drop. The truck did not look like it was going over the 40 speed cable limit..

    This is very scary for the safety of all. Keep your history look however make sure itโ€™s build up to safety code. Nothing was there to stop the truck.

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  4. What did he hit? The car in front of the dashcam was too far back and no car was in front of it. It couldn't have been the car in front of the truck because the front driver's side of the truck went up like it ran over something, but there was nothing in the road. Weird.

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  5. This is how reporting a story should be. All major networks should take note and notes.
    RIP to the victims, condolences to the families and thank you to the first responders and everyone that stepped in to help with this tragedy.

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  6. Im just glad that he didn't cause nobody else their life going across oncoming traffic the way he did with no control of his vehicle. He was either drunk or messing with his phone. There was a passenger in his truck too that they found dead still inside the truck when they pulled it from the river smh.

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  7. Looks like he drove over a patch of ice or water on the bridge at the same time he changed lanes. His turned tires slid on the ice/water, then immediately got traction on the dry pavement sending him in the direction the tires were pointing.

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  8. Others are jumping to unsubstantiated conclusions that it was a heart attack, a seizure, bald tires/black ice, texting, impairment, Instagram, and Tiktok of all things. So I too will draw a conclusion without research & evidence that it was a shooter from another car.

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