One dead after Columbia Heights crash

A person is dead after a crash Sunday morning in the 1200 block of Harvard Street in Columbia Heights. (Fox 5 DC / Anjali Hemphill)

A person is dead after a single-car crash Sunday morning in Columbia Heights.

It happened around 6:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Harvard Street, Northwest. Police identified the victim who died as 39-year-old Nelson Orellana of Northwest D.C. 

Fox 5 arrived to the scene as responders towed the car away. 

The car appeared to have crashed into a security kiosk near Carlos Rosario International Charter School, completely knocking the structure off its foundation.

Watch video from the scene below: