D.C. police officer killed in car crash

A D.C. police officer was killed another injured when their cruiser crashed into a telephone pole early Saturday morning.

Officer Paul Dittamo, 32, and another officer were responding to a call at about 1:30 a.m. when their vehicle hit the pole on the 2200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE.

The other officer is expected to survive.

The crash is under investigation.

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