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Family Of Mom Killed, Dad Hospitalized In Fairfax County Crash Sees Support Family Of Mom Killed, Dad Hospitalized In Fairfax County Crash Sees Support
Family Of Mom Killed, Dad Hospitalized In Fairfax County Crash Sees Support Support is surging for the family of a woman killed in a Fairfax County crash over the weekend. Yun "Iris" Hu, of Annandale, died at the hospital following the Sunday, Feb. 4 crash on Bradfield Drive and Braddock Road. Two others were also killed in the accident. A GoFundMe for Hu's husband, Tein Lin "Ivin" Hu, who remains hospitalized, and their daughter, Justine, has raised more than $17,200.  Campaign founder Melanie Vrabel Adams says Justine is well known in the Northern Virginia community, "especially in Burke/Fairfax – where she is very active in the local buy not…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple
Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple A former Metropolitan Police Department officer has been sentenced to more than a year in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter in connection to a 2021 crash that killed a couple in Anne Arundel County, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Austin Kirk Smith, 27, of College Park, was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in jail for his role in an early-morning crash that took the lives of Chesapeake Beach resident Leah Mae Foster and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Nicholas Raymond Harris in May 2021. At approximately 12:50 a.m. on May 27, 2021, officers were called …

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by Zak Failla
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This Maserati Does 185: Driver In Stolen Car Killed In I-495 Crash, State Police This Maserati Does 185: Driver In Stolen Car Killed In I-495 Crash, State Police
This Maserati Does 185: Driver In Stolen Car Killed In I-495 Crash, State Police Virginia State Police are attempting to identify the driver of a stolen Maserati taken out of Maryland who was killed after crashing into a wall while driving the wrong way on I-495 in Fairfax County. Investigators were called at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, to investigate a crash that was reported in the I-495 Express Lanes at Exit 49 heading toward I-66. Police say that a black Maserati Quattroporte was traveling in the opposite lane of traffic at an excessive rate of speed when it struck a cement wall head-on, causing the luxury vehicle to catch fire. The driver - who has…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Teen Friends Killed In Fairfax Crash Identified Teen Friends Killed In Fairfax Crash Identified
Teen Friends Killed In Fairfax Crash Identified Two teen best friends killed in a Fairfax County crash earlier this week have been identified. Ashlyn Brotemarkle and Ariana Haftsavar, both 16, died when the driver of the Lexus SUV they were riding in lost control and went off the roadway  on Lee Chapel Road, overturning onto its roof around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, according to authorities and the victims' loved ones. One teen was extricated and hospitalized in serious condition while Haftsavar and Brotemarkle were pronounced dead at the scene. Speed was believed to be a contributing factor in the crash, according to invest…

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by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine