At approximately 7 this morning, Tuesday, August 30, 2005, a dump truck traveling north bound in the right lane of the 3800 block of Wisconsin Avenue, NW, was making a right turn into a construction site at the Sidwell Friends School. It was at this time that the truck reportedly ran over a motorcyclist also going north bound in the center lane of the 3800 block of Wisconsin Avenue, NW. The motorcyclist, a 28-year-old man, identified as Pedro Leite, of the 1100 block of Pleasant Valley Drive in Catonsville, Maryland, was pronounced dead on the scene by a member of the Office of the DC Medical Examiner. His name is being withheld pending the notification of his next of kin.
The operator of the dump truck, identified as 57-year-old James J. Rouse of the 400 block of 36th Street, NE, was not physically injured. He was operating a vehicle belonging to Harris Contract Hauling of Capitol Heights, Maryland.
No charges have been placed at this time and the case is currently under investigation by members of the department's Major Crash Investigations Unit.