NG vehicle crashes into car in DC

[struggle4progress]

... six states pledge to send at least 1,200 troops to Washington DC despite falling crime rate

Shrai Popat in Washington
Wed 20 Aug 2025 11.54 EDT

A military vehicle crashed into a car in Washington DC on Wednesday morning, an incident that comes as six Republican-led states have all pledged to send more national guard troops to DC.

The city’s local CBS station first reported on the accident, which happened in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, and cited confirmation from the DC fire and emergency services. On social media, the department said that one person was extricated and transported with “minor injuries”.

A Reddit user posted a video of the collision’s aftermath – showing a Humvee-style vehicle and a shattered silver SUV. A military affairs reporter for the Washington Post noted on X that according to the national guard, “one of the vehicles in this accident was an M-ATV, an armored tactical vehicle with a V-shaped hull designed to deflect roadside bombs. They have commonly been used in war zones for years, and weigh about 14 tons each.”

The DC fire department and the national guard did not immediately respond to the Guardian’s requests for comment and further details on the crash ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/military-vehicle-crash-dc

[hatrack]

1. I feel safer already . . . .

[struggle4progress]

2. civilian injured in crash with NG military vehicle

August 20, 20254:17 PM ET
Luke Garrett

A National Guard military vehicle crashed into a car in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, injuring the driver. The incident comes after President Trump ordered hundreds of Guard troops to the District as a part of his D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force.

The Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (MATV) — a military vehicle that weighs up to 16 tons and is meant to withstand explosive attacks — collided with a "civilian vehicle" just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., according to Master Sgt. Erich B. Smith of the National Guard Bureau. The MATV was one of five D.C. National Guard vehicles ...

Samuel Pastore, who serves as the neighborhood commissioner, lives nearby. He criticized what he called the "oversized militarized 'police' forces."

"Our kids are getting back to school," Pastore said. "Get these tanks out of our streets!" ...

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/20/g-s1-83950/national-guard-dc-crash

[Norrrm]

3. Is it so unsafe that they need these behemoths to patrol the streets?

[Blue Full Moon]

4. The republicans gave police departments vehicles. Like they were planning for this day.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

5. The Keystone Guardsmen?

[AZJonnie]

6. Unfucking-believable they're driving around in vehicles meant for fucking Fallujah circa 2004

To putter around DC. Like there's IED's and they might get ambushed by violent militants at any moment

Give me a FUCKING BREAK.