Off-duty DC police officer killed in motorcycle crash - WTOP Weekend Headlines - Saturday, April 07, 2018

Jamal Shaw, an off-duty D.C. police officer was killed in a crash involving his motorcycle and two other vehicles on Piscataway Road in Prince George's County, Maryland on Friday night. The road was closed for several hours after the crash. [Logo](#) WEEKEND HEADLINES - April 07, 2018 [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Off-duty DC police officer killed in motorcycle crash]( Jamal Shaw, an off-duty D.C. police officer was killed in a crash involving his motorcycle and two other vehicles on Piscataway Road in Prince George's County, Maryland on Friday night. The road was closed for several hours after the crash. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [14 dead after truck collides with bus carrying hockey team in Canada]( Fourteen people were killed and several more were injured after a junior hockey team's bus collided with a truck in a Canada according to various media reports. 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