MASHINGTON, DC METRO OFFICER DIES FROM INJURIES AT TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSIGNMNET

A Metropolitan Police Department officer injured during a traffic control assignment has died.

Officer Wayne Pitt died this morning at Washington Hospital Center as a result of injuries he suffered Friday night in Northwest. Pitt was escorting a Holy Week procession when he got out of his patrol car to try and stop a motor scooter from entering the route.

When he realized the vehicle was still in gear, he tried to get back inside. The car struck the scooter, a Metrobus and a tree. Pitt suffered internal injuries.

Police say the 57-year-old officer joined the Metropolitan Police Department four years ago. He also spent 20 years as an officer on the Raleigh-Durham police force in North Carolina.