Annapolis, MD : Rights group executive dies in scooter crash on Saturday, August 26, 2017

Cassidy Karakorn, 39, an executive with the Human Rights Campaign, was killed late Saturday in a traffic collision while operating a motor scooter in Northeast.

Police said her scooter collided with a vehicle making a U-turn in the 1100 block of Florida Avenue NE about 11:15 p.m.

Karakorn had been with the Human Rights Campaign, a civil rights organization, since 2001, according to her LinkedIn page, and was listed as its director of consumer marketing.

The Refinery29 website described her as a “ familiar face in D.C.’s most creative circles” and said she had also worked as a DJ. Washington Life magazine listed her in its “guide to Washington’s most influential 40-and-under leaders.”

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Rights group executive dies in scooter crash