The driver, 32-year-old DeAngelo Green, of Northeast D.C., was pulled from the wreckage of the crash in the Brookland neighborhood and pronounced dead at a local hospital, a D.C. police department representative said.
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"I don't know how to tell my kid," said Green's wife, T'Anita Coles-Green. "My son is 2 years old. He thinks his father's always going to come through that door, and it's not him."
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A firefighter and a pedestrian — a pregnant woman — were hurt and taken to hospitals. The woman was stable but had critical injuries. The firefighter had minor injuries.Â
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The fire truck crashed with Green's gold Honda Accord at 12th Street NE and Rhode Island Avenue about 12:15 p.m. as the firefighters responded to a call on 4th Street NE, a fire department spokesman said.Â
Green's car collided with a 2004 Ford Focus, which mounted the sidewalk, smashing a sign that said "Welcome to Brookland" and the hitting the pregnant woman, police said.