EMTs work to move a cyclist who had been struck by a MPD van on Connecticut avenue.
— Harrison Jones (@h_jonesphoto) A MPD van struck a cyclist at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and L Street NW, then ran into the median
— Harrison Jones (@h_jonesphoto) Crews tend to a MPD officer inside his van after the officer struck a cyclist on Connecticut ave
— Harrison Jones (@h_jonesphoto) DC Police/pedestrian collision at Conn & L NW.
— James H. Hulme (@lawdc) 
WASHINGTON 鈥� A D.C. police officer struck a pedestrian in Northwest D.C. Monday afternoon, sending both people to the hospital.
Police say a police officer driving a Metropolitan Police Department SUV hit a man who was walking near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and L Street in Northwest D.C. at about 1:45 p.m.
D.C. Fire and EMS transported the police officer and the pedestrian聽to an area hospital. The pedestrian sustained critical injuries and the police officer has聽non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials are investigating what聽caused聽the crash.
Earlier, officials said the person struck was a bicyclist, and later updated to clarify that it was a pedestrian.
The crash investigation caused聽road closures in the area through the afternoon. At one point, the investigation closed Connecticut Avenue between K and M streets as well as L Street between 17th and 18th streets.
All lanes reopened by 7 p.m.
Below is a map with the location of the crash:
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