Category Archives: Crashes

Fatal Pedestrian Crash in Fairfax

Fair Oaks Police District – Police responded to the area of West Ox Road and Polo Drive shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday, September 8 for the report that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle. Officers located the scene and began their investigation; Crash Reconstruction detectives were summoned. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 32-year-old man had walked

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Fatal Crash on the Fairfax County Parkway

Reston Police District – Police responded to the report of a crash on (Rt.286), The Fairfax County Parkway near Fox Mill Road, on Monday, August 25, just before 6:30 a.m. During the preliminary investigation, Crash Reconstruction detectives determined that a 2014 Freightliner tractor-trailer, being driven by a 51-year-old Pennsylvania man, was southbound on Rt.286, approaching the intersection of Fox Mill

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Fatal Crash in the Lorton Area

Police are investigating a single-vehicle, fatal crash that occurred in the Lorton area around 4:18a.m. on Saturday, August 2. Juan Gomez, 24, of the Lorton area, was operating a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta eastbound on Pohick Road just past Lorton Station, at a high rate of speed. He lost control of the vehicle, leaving the roadway and striking a tree on

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Seatbelts Save Lives: Buckle Up

  Buckle Up! McLean District commanders recently recognized local resident, Margrete Klein, with a “Saved by the Belt” award. Ms. Klein was involved in a serious, multi-vehicle crash on Route 123 in February 2014. Her Lexus was struck by a distracted driver and thrown airborne into oncoming lanes, landing on top of two other vehicles. Fortunately, Klein escaped serious injury and

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