Investigators arrested a 61-year-old District driver on charges he killed two people during a hit-and-run incident in East Potomac Park in April 2021.
A fisherman waits along East Potomac Park on Aug. 20, 2017 in Washington. U.S. Park Police arrested a driver they allege killed two people as they walked through East Potomac Park in a fatal hit-and-run incident in April 2021, officials said.
Melvin D. Conley, 61, of Washington was charged with negligent homicide and arrested on Tuesday, police officials said in a statement.Detective Debyn Brown wrote in a court affidavit filed in D.C. Superior Court that witnesses told police they saw a motorist in a pickup truck driving through the park on April 24, 2021. The driver left the road and ran up on grass, hitting two pedestrians about 10:30 a.m.
During an interview with police, Conley told investigators that he has issues with his blood sugar and regularly undergoes dialysis, the affidavit said. Conley also told police that he must have blacked out and has no memory of the incident, the affidavit said.
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