D.C. police are trying to identify a good samaritan who was struck and killed by a cement truck Wednesday afternoon while trying to help direct traffic for a tractor-trailer that was too tall for the Third Street Tunnel.
The driver of the 18-wheeler realized that his vehicle exceeded the clearance height of the tunnel and tried to turn around at the 400 block of New York Avenue Northwest at about 4:30 p.m., police said. A pedestrian tried to help the driver by directing traffic.
The man directed the driver of the cement mixer to go around the 18-wheeler, but apparently misjudged where he was standing and was struck by the rear section of the construction truck, police said. A police spokesman said the man had not been identified on Thursday, and they did not know whether he was homeless. Last month, three homeless men helped rescue a man who fell in the Potomac
