U.S. Park Police arrested a suspect in the fatal crash that killed a Lyft driver and his two passengers on Rock Creek Parkway early March 15.
Nakita Marie Walker, 43, of D.C., was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree murder.
The driver of a Lexus SUV fled a traffic stop near the Kennedy Center and sped up the parkway before crossing the double yellow line and crashing into 42-year-old Mohamed Kamara’s Honda Accord, police said.
Kamara, 22-year-old Olvin Torres Velasquez and 23-year-old Jonathan Cabrera Mendez were killed. The passengers were on their way home to Arlington after a night out in D.C.
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The driver and passenger in the Lexus were taken to a hospital for treatment of their injuries.
The tag number on the Lexus has been linked to 44 speed and signal violations dating to May. Those fines total $12,300.
According to the law, the tags on that car could not be renewed if it has any outstanding automated enforcement tickets.
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According to D.C. Superior Court records, Walker has an extensive history of driving-related offenses, including DUI charges in 2015, 2018 and 2020 to which she pleaded guilty each time.
Walker was on probation from her 2020 DUI at the time of the Rock Creek Parkway crash, court records say. She was ordered to install an ignition interlock device on her car following her 2018 arrest.
