Repairmen fall from IMF building Two window repairmen fell from the International Monetary Fund building in Foggy Bottom on Saturday, but were saved by their safety harnesses.
The two adult men fell when the platform they were standing on came loose and they lost their footing at about 11 a.m., according to Pete Piringer, spokesman for D.C. fire and emergency services. They were wearing safety harnesses and came to an “abrupt stop,” avoiding injury, Piringer said.
The men were working outside the fourth floor of the 11-story building.
Fatal crash in Silver Spring
Police are investigating a fatal crash in Silver Spring that happened when a driver apparently swerved in order to avoid hitting a Ride On bus.
Montgomery County police said the crash happened at about 9:30 p.m. Friday on the 8600 block of 16th Street.
The driver of a Honda Accord was approaching from behind a stopped Ride On bus. The car swerved off the road, then struck several objects — including a fire hydrant, street sign and the curb ?– before overturning and stopping on an embankment on the side of the road, police said.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
OPM worker gets prison for faking security checks
A former investigator for the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management has been sentenced to prison for falsifying background checks he conducted.
Thomas S. Fitzgerald, 48, of Crofton, was sentenced to 90 days in prison and 180 days of home detention. He pleaded guilty in March, admitting that he made up information on background investigations he conducted on federal employees and contractors. Between March 2005 and May 2006, he represented that he interviewed a source or reviewed a record when he hadn’t done so in more than two dozen investigations, according to prosecutors.
– Emily Babay
