Woodbridge resident Melanie Ruby Morales, 23, has been identified as the rider who was killed after sliding and being run over by a Triangle man driving a Roll-off Dumpster truck.
According to the Prince William Police Department, shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 5, Morales was traveling west on Old Bridge Road near Occoquan Road at a high rate of speed when the operator "lost control and separated from the motorcycle before sliding under and being run over by a 2009 Roll-off Dumpster truck.
Morales was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was uninjured.
Investigators say that speed is believed to be a factor in the fatal crash, which remains under investigation.
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