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Motorcyclist, 28, Killed By DUI Driver In Virginia, Cops Say: 'Young Man, Big Heart'
A drunk driver is facing charges for a crash that killed a 28-year-old motorcyclist in Fairfax County overnight, police said.
Santos Adrian Ventura Fuentes, 34, of Alexandria, was heading east on Memroail Street in a 2007 Ford F-150 when he entered the South Kings Highway intersection in Groveton around 1:15 a.m., county police said.
That's when Jonathan Bartell, 28, who was heading south on South Kings Highway, struck the driver's side of Fuentes' pickup on his Kawasaki ZX, police said.
Bartell was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead while Fuentes was hospitalized with non-…
Catherine Fannon, Fairfax County Teacher, Dies Unexpectedly, 27
Mary Catherine Fannon of Alexandria died on Monday, Oct. 30 in her sleep, according to her obituary. She was 27 years old.
Catherine played basketball and lacrosse at West Potomac High School and went to to earn her bachelor's degree in sociology from East Carolina University, her obituary reads.
She had been working as an enhanced autism teacher at Belle View Elementary School in Fairfax County, simultaneously working toward her Masters in Special Education from George Mason University.
Catherine is survived by her parents, Jack and Kelly; siblings Kristen Fannon, Matthew Fannon, Jak…