Bing Wong, 75, was struck and killed midday Wednesday by a driver fleeing a Secret Service stop.
Steps away from the White House complex midday on Wednesday, a man in town from Philadelphia was crossing the street with his granddaughter.
His granddaughter survived, but in the hospital later that day, Wong died of his injuries. He was 75 years old. The crash occurred about 1:30 p.m. at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue in Northwest, soon after an officer tried to stop a blue 2006 Honda Accord with an expired registration. Lt. Paul Mayhair, a spokesman for the Secret Service’s uniformed division, said the driver appeared to stop but then sped off, went through a red light and struck the people in a crosswalk less than a block away.The driver fled after crashing into Wong.
Christine Wong remembered a day soon after they arrived in the United States when her dad brought her, her sister and cousin to an amusement park. They spent hours giggling and marveling at the towering rides.Settled in Philadelphia, Wong spent years working as a chef, where his daughter said he was known for his skill cooking traditional Chinese food. On his days off, which were normally Mondays, Christine Wong said her family would take trips to Chinatown and splurge on dim sum.
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