A woman was struck and killed by a truck that was carrying a U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank away from where it had been for President Donald Trump's military parade on the National Mall in Washington, DC, two days previously.

For its 250th birthday, the Army put on the largest show of military might in the capital in more than three decades.

The costly celebration of the Army's 250th anniversary, which happens to fall on the president's birthday, has sparked heavy criticism from Democrats and inspired protests across the country.