Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Unit are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge on Monday, August 15, 2016.

At approximately 4:46 am, members of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the scene of a traffic accident involving a 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle. The motorcycle was traveling inbound towards Washington, DC on the bridge when the operator lost control of the motorcycle, skidded a short distance, and collided with the far ride bridge railing. The collision caused the operator to separate from the motorcycle and hit his head on the roadway surface.

MPD members found the operator unconscious on the scene upon arrival. He was transported to George Washington University Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

The decedent has been identified as 50-year-old James Greene of Catlett, VA.

This case remains under investigation. The Metropolitan Police Department is asking anyone with information about this case to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411.

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