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Troubling Video Shows Trooper Slammed To Ground In Double DUI Crash On I-495
Harrowing video shows the moment a Virginia State Trooper was slammed to the ground in a crash caused by two DUI drivers on I-495.
Trooper C. Aziz is seen speaking to Erica D. Bernard, 43, of Albright, WV, who was stopped in the northbound lanes near Exit 52 in Fairfax County around 3 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, Virginia State Police said.
Moments later, Joanna F. Hatch, 35, of Arlington, pulls up in a Jeep Cherokee and hits a tractor-trailer that had stopped due to the travel lane being closed by the sedan, State Police said.
The impact of that crash caused the Jeep to spin around an…
3 Dead In Fairfax County Freight Train Accident ID'd As Young Soccer Player, Mom, Friend
Police have released details in a train accident that left three people including a mother and her child dead earlier this week in Fairfax County.
Yeraldin Pardo, 28, of Lincolnia, was on the elevated tracks at Accotink Park Road in Springfield with her 8-year-old son and 28-year-old Diego Arriaza, of Annandale, around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, county police said.
The freight train struck Arriaza, while Pardo and the boy, identified in a GoFundMe campaign as Eli, fell from the bridge, police said. All three victims were declared dead at the scene.
Arriaza and Pardo appear to have been f…
87 Fentanyl Pills Seized, 18-Year-Old Arrested In Routine Fairfax County Traffic Stop: Cops
An 18-year-old driver was arrested during a routine motor vehicle stop in which Fairfax County police found just under 100 fentanyl pills, wads of cash, and marijuana, police said.
An officer stopped Fredy Ralda Rojas, of Bailey's Crossroads, at 9 p.m. on Saturday June 1 at Glen Carlyn Drive and Glen Carlyn Road, county police tell Daily Voice.
The officer saw large amounts of cash and narcotics.
Turns out, Rojas had 87 fentanyl pills, more than 2.5 ounces of marijuana, and a large amount of cash, police said.
Rojas was charged with Possession with the Intent to…