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Police Charge Teen Driver In Crash That Killed 2 Oakton High Students Police Charge Teen Driver In Crash That Killed 2 Oakton High Students
Police Charge Teen Driver In Crash That Killed 2 Oakton High Students A grand jury indicted the 18-year-old driver who killed two Oakton High School students as they walked home from school in a crash earlier this month. Several others were also seriously injured in the June 7 wreck.  Usman Shahid, 18, of Fairfax, is expected to turn himself over to authorities on Thursday, June 23, Fairfax County police announced. Shahid will be arraigned on involuntary manslaughter charges, officials said.  Shahid was speeding in his BMW down Blake Lane when he crashed into an SUV at the intersection with Five Oaks Road in Oakton, police said. The sedan ricoc…

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by Josh Lanier
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Community Rallies Around Families Of Oakton High School Students Killed in Crash Community Rallies Around Families Of Oakton High School Students Killed in Crash
Community Rallies Around Families Of Oakton High School Students Killed in Crash Hundreds of people have donated to help the victims' families in this week's deadly crash in Fairfax County that killed two high school students and sent a third to Inova Children's Hospital with life-threatening injuries.  The crash happened Tuesday when a BMW crashed into an SUV waiting to turn at the intersection of Blake Lane and Five Oaks Road in Oakton. The sedan ricocheted off and careened into three teenage girls walking on the sidewalk near Oakton High School. Responders rushed them to the hospital, but two of them later died. The driver and a passenger in the BMW were also injured…

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by Josh Lanier
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Two Teens Killed, Third Hospitalized In Fairfax County Wreck (DEVELOPING) Two Teens Killed, Third Hospitalized In Fairfax County Wreck (DEVELOPING)
Two Teens Killed, Third Hospitalized In Fairfax County Wreck (Developing) Two teen girls have died, and a third is in critical condition following a two-car crash that involved pedestrians on Tuesday, June 7, in Fairfax County. Paramedics took six people to the hospital for treatment following the wreck.  The crash happened just before noon at the intersection of Blake Lane and Five Oaks Road in Oakton.Maj. Eli Cory told WTOP that a BMW traveling south at a high rate of speed on Blake slammed into a Toyota 4Runner waiting to turn onto Five Oaks. The impact sent the BMW careening onto the sidewalk where three female students from Oakton High School were walking. …

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by Josh Lanier