Members of the D.C. Nationwide Guard patrol outdoors Union Station as a storm approaches in Washington on August 17, 2025.
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A Nationwide Guard army car crashed right into a automobile in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, injuring the motive force. The incident comes after President Trump ordered a whole lot of Guard troops to the District as part of his D.C. Protected and Stunning Job Power.
The Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Car (MATV) — a army car that weighs as much as 16 tons and is supposed to face up to explosive assaults — collided with a “civilian car” simply after 6 a.m. on Wednesday within the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., based on Grasp Sgt. Erich B. Smith of the Nationwide Guard Bureau. The MATV was one in all 5 D.C. Nationwide Guard autos.
“The five-vehicle convoy and a D.C. Metropolitan Police cruiser stopped and rendered support to the civilian, who was transported by way of EMS,” Smith stated in a press release.
The particular person was rescued from their car, suffered minor accidents and was taken to a hospital, based on the D.C. Fireplace Division.
A video circulating on social media reveals a MATV ft away from a SUV on the scene of the crash — the intersection of eighth Road SE and North Carolina Avenue.
Samuel Pastore, who serves because the neighborhood commissioner, lives close by. He criticized what he known as the “outsized militarized ‘police’ forces.”
“Our children are getting again to high school,” Pastore stated. “Get these tanks out of our streets!”
The deployment of the D.C. Nationwide Guard comes after Trump’s declaration of a “crime emergency” within the nation’s capital. Nationwide Guard troops from Tennessee, West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ohio have additionally been ordered to the District by their respective governors.
Earlier this month, Trump deployed the district’s troops, took federal management of the Metropolitan Police Division and stationed a whole lot of federal legislation enforcement officers throughout D.C.
Federal authorities have made 550 arrests in Washington since Aug. 7, together with 3 identified gang members, based on a White Home official not licensed to share particular knowledge publicly. Some 76 firearms even have been seized, they added.
The Metropolitan Police Division didn’t launch a report on the crash as a result of there was no felony offense, based on MPD spokesperson Michael Russo.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser was not instantly out there to touch upon the crash.
