Nema Mirsaeedi, 31, was riding westbound on his 2020 Honda motorcycle when he turned and collided with the front passenger side of a Mercedes going the other direction, Fairfax County Police said.
Mirsaeedi was thrown from his motorcycle in the course of the incident and was taken to a nearby hospital where he died, police said.
A friend on Facebook remembers Mirsaeedi as a good person with a true passion for music.
Police did not specify whether the surviving driver of the Mercedes was injured.
Anyone with further information is asked to contact the Fairfax County Police Department.
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