A 66-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run Tuesday in Kingman Park, a few blocks from Eliot-Hine Middle School, in Norteast D.C.
Ronnie Clark was standing near 16th and C Streets Northeast on Christmas Eve when the driver of a Nissan suddenly jumped the curb and struck him, leaving him trapped under the car. Clark was pronounced dead at the scene.
He came from a family of six and graduated from William and Mary. He had a career in politics working for both the Bill Clinton and Al Gore campaigns before later becoming a bartender at a hotel in D.C…