<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Tjsj7_0lyin6N200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Tjsj7_0lyin6N200" width="1320" height="743" ></figure>WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Three people were found dead after a vehicle went into the Anacostia River below the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge late Thursday night, D.C. Fire and EMS said.At 10:30 p.m., crews began a search by land, water and air, and used fireboats, the U.S. Coast Guard, Metropolitan Police Department harbor crews and a U.S. Park Police Eagle helicopter. D.C. Fire and EMS' arrival was delayed after being initially dispatched to the 11th Street Bridge rather than the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge. D.C.'s Office of Unified Communications made the following statement regarding the delayed response:"On April 20, 2023, at around 10:30 PM, OUC received one 911 call reporting that a vehicle left the roadway and entered the Anacostia River. Based on information provided by the caller and information presented by location-determining technology, we were unable to immediately pinpoint the exact location of this tragic incident."Authorities have yet to identify the victims. It’s still unclear why the car went into the water.During the search, crews found tire tracks down an embankment and into the water and discovered a vehicle upside down, submerged in the water with a person dead inside the vehicle, according to D.C. police.D.C. Fire and EMS said the operation became a "recovery rather than a rescue."Shortly after, the divers searching the waters around the submerged vehicle found a man and a woman dead outside the vehicle. Friday morning, D.C. police said it was unclear what caused the vehicle to go into the water.The incident is under investigation by D.C. police department's Major Crash Unit.</div></body>

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3 dead after car plunges into river below Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge: Officials

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Three people were found dead after a vehicle went into the Anacostia River below the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge late Thursday night, D.C. Fire and EMS said. At 10:30 p.m., crews began a search by land, water and air, and used fireboats, the U.S. Coast...