A woman is dead after a car crash on Rock Creek Parkway Sunday in Northwest D.C.

The accident occurred after 5 p.m. Sunday on the southbound lanes in the area of Beach Drive near the William Howard Taft Bridge.

U.S. Park Police officers arrived at the scene to find the car, heavily damaged, off the road and resting near the bike trail. WTOP’s Dave Dildine reported that the car went through a railing before stopping.

Police said only the female driver was in the car at the time of the accident.

She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity was not revealed.

The parkway was closed between Beach Drive and Massachusetts Avenue as police investigated the accident.

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