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Story summary
- Talib Shakir, D.C. director, died in a scooter crash Friday night.
- The crash occurred at about 6:47 p.m. at Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE.
- A woman on the other scooter was hospitalized and released alive.
- Shakir, 50, served as director during Mayor Muriel Bowser’s final administration phase.
- Howard University research shows scooter trauma admissions nearly doubled from 2021 to 2023.