Fatal Motorcycle Crash in Fairfax Station

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West Springfield Police District – A 22-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash yesterday afternoon in Fairfax Station.

On August 31 at 1:22 p.m. officers responded to Henderson Road near Thistledown Trail for a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. Preliminarily, detectives determined Merle Webster Beach Jr., 22, of Springfield was driving a stolen 2004 Suzuki motorcycle at a high rate of speed westbound on Henderson Road. Beach crested a small hill, lost control and was separated from the motorcycle. Beach was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

Anyone with information about this crash is asked to contact our Crash Reconstruction Unit at 703-280-0543. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), and by web – Click HERE. Download the ‘P3 Tips’ App “Fairfax Co Crime Solvers”. Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards. Please leave contact information if you wish for a detective to follow up with you.     

This is the 11th non-pedestrian-related fatal crash in the County to date in 2023. Year to date, in 2022 there were 10 non-pedestrian-related fatal crashes.    

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