Car split in half in crash with cement mixer
A car was split in half after it struck a loaded cement truck head-on in Northeast Washington on Tuesday.
The driver of the car was trapped, and it took rescue crews about 15 minutes to extract him, D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said.
The man, believed to be in his late 20s, was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Witnesses said the a Nissan Maxima was driving north on North Capitol Street near Michigan Avenue when the vehicle crossed the median and struck the cement truck.
Firefighters found a child seat and child’s shoes inside the car. Firefighters brought in cranes to lift the cement truck off the car and used thermal imaging to make sure no one else was in the car.
Corcoran fire started by overheated kiln
An early-morning fire at the Corcoran Gallery of Art was started by an overheated kiln that was left unattended, authorities said.
Around 4 a.m. Tuesday, D.C. firefighters responded to a report of a fire at the museum at 500 17th St. NW and found the pottery house engulfed in flames, according to D.C. fire spokesman Pete Piringer. The building was in the courtyard and detached from the main gallery.
None of the artwork appeared to have been damaged, and the gallery will be open to the public Wednesday.
Boy who shared drugs to be released to mother
The 10-year-old boy who brought cocaine to a D.C. elementary school and shared it with students will be reunited with his mother.
The boy had been in foster care since Thursday when he was charged with possession of a controlled substance. Four of his classmates at Thomson Elementary School ingested the drug Thursday and were taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure.
The boy told police that he found the bag of cocaine in the back seat of his stepfather’s car, an attorney said at a hearing Monday, according to the Associated Press.
Scott McCabe and Emily Babay
