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DWI Driver In Fatal Crash Slapped With Additional Charges: Fairfax PD DWI Driver In Fatal Crash Slapped With Additional Charges: Fairfax PD
DWI Driver In Fatal Crash Slapped With Additional Charges: Fairfax PD A driver charged in a fatal crash in July is facing additional charges, Fairfax County police said. Benjamin Lopez Encinas, 33, of Woodbridge, was initially charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, but as of Monday, Aug. 14, faces  aggravated DWI manslaughter and felony hit and run.  Detectives served Encinas warrants on Sunday, Aug. 13. He's being held without bond. Encinas was in a 2010 BMW when he failed to stop at a stop sign on Columbia Pike in Bailey's Crossroads around 2:15 a.m. on July 8, Fairfax County police said. He struck Luis Fernando Jime…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drunken Driver, 33, Kills Pedestrian, 26, In Bailey's Crossroads Hit-Run Crash: Police Drunken Driver, 33, Kills Pedestrian, 26, In Bailey's Crossroads Hit-Run Crash: Police
Drunken Driver, 33, Kills Pedestrian, 26, In Bailey's Crossroads Hit-Run Crash: Police Police have released the identities of both the 33-year-old suspect and 26-year-old pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run crash overnight in Fairfax County. Benjamin Lopez Encinas, of Woodbridge, was in a 2010 BMW when he failed to stop at a stop sign on Columbia Pike in Bailey's Crossroads around 2:15 a.m., Fairfax County police said. He struck Luis Fernando Jimenez Rodriguez, a pedestrian, near Lincolnia Road, police said. Mason Police District- Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit continue to investigate a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred at 2:13 a.m. on Columbia Pike and Powe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fairfax Teen Fatally Struck By Car Had Dreams Of Becoming Nurse, Loved Ones Say Fairfax Teen Fatally Struck By Car Had Dreams Of Becoming Nurse, Loved Ones Say
Fairfax Teen Fatally Struck By Car Had Dreams Of Becoming Nurse, Loved Ones Say Support was surging for the family of a 17-year-old Fairfax High School student struck and killed by a car this week. Lesly Diaz-Bonilla's dreams of being a nurse were cut short Wednesday, Nov. 16 when she was struck while crossing Columbia Pike from Barcroft View Terrace in Bailey's Crossroads just before 9 a.m., according to a GoFundMe launched for her family, and authorities. A westbound 2014 Toyota Camry struck the girl, but the driver has not yet been identified. Though the investigation remains ongoing, authorities say alcohol does not appear to be a factor.  Condolenc…

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine