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Two Rescued From Overturned Jeep Suffer Serious Injuries In Southwest DC Crash: Officials Two Rescued From Overturned Jeep Suffer Serious Injuries In Southwest DC Crash: Officials
Two Rescued From Overturned Jeep Suffer Serious Injuries In Southwest DC Crash: Officials Two people had to be extricated from a destroyed Jeep after a violent early-morning crash in Southwest DC.  First responders were called at around 2:30 a.m. to the 2000 block of Half Street SW on Monday, Jan. 22, where there was a reported rollover crash with two people trapped inside, officials say. DC Fire and EMS crews were quick to get to work to save a man and woman by cutting off the roof of the crinkled Jeep, and they were taken to the hospital by paramedics with what were initially described as critical - though the man was later downgraded to serious - injuries.  It is u…
FATAL CRASH: Jeep Hits Tow Truck Responding To 3-Car Collision On I-66 FATAL CRASH: Jeep Hits Tow Truck Responding To 3-Car Collision On I-66
Fatal Crash: Jeep Hits Tow Truck Responding To 3-Car Collision On I-66 A Jeep driver who struck a tow truck responding to a three-car crash on I-66 caused a second three car crash and died in Fairfax County, authorities said. The tow truck was responding to a crash at mile marker 51 in the westbound lanes just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, when it was struck by the Jeep, Virginia State Police said. The Jeep Compass SUV rear-ended the tow truck near Exit 62 for Nutley Street in Vienna, as the truck slowed to a stop, police said. The impact of the crash caused the Jeep to spin out into the westbound travel lane and hit a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. The d…
Teen Already In Custody In DC To Be Tried As An Adult For MD Carjacking: Police Teen Already In Custody In DC To Be Tried As An Adult For MD Carjacking: Police
Teen Already In Custody In DC To Be Tried As An Adult For MD Carjacking: Police A group of teens pulled off an elaborate carjacking scheme and almost made off with a new Infiniti before being caught by members of the Montgomery County Department of Police. Three teens - 13, 16, and 17 - have been charged for an armed carjacking and robbery weeks after an incident that played out on Wayne Avenue in June. On Wednesday, June 21, police say that a man was driving home when he noticed a black Jeep Grand Cherokee tailing him, though when he parked, the driver blocked his Infiniti FX35 and five or six Black men wearing dark clothes and masks held him at gunpoint. According t…
Speeding Driver Convicted In Fatal Valentine's Day Woodbridge Wreck Speeding Driver Convicted In Fatal Valentine's Day Woodbridge Wreck
Speeding Driver Convicted In Fatal Valentine's Day Woodbridge Wreck A Prince William County jury found a speeding driver guilty for charges filed in a fatal Valentine's Day wreck in 2022. Marvin Anton Cabrera Martinez was convicted of one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of reckless driving by speed, and one count of driving without an operator’s license last month, Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth said. Cabrera Martinez was going 84 mph in a 35 mph zone without a license, in a Jeep SUV seconds before he swerved to avoid another car that had partially turned into his lane of travel on Feb. 14, 2022 in Woodbridge, Ashworth said. He struck th…
Speeding Mercedes Driver Kills Pedestrian In Chain-Reaction Virginia Crash: Police Speeding Mercedes Driver Kills Pedestrian In Chain-Reaction Virginia Crash: Police
Speeding Mercedes Driver Kills Pedestrian In Chain-Reaction Virginia Crash: Police A speeding Mercedes driver set off a chain of events in Fairfax County that led to the death of a 36-year-old woman from Alexandria on Thursday night. Samantha Jennings-Jones was walking on the sidewalk when she was struck by a vehicle shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 near the intersection of Richmond Highway and Claiborne Avenue in Groveton, police say. According to investigators, a 2007 Mercedes C230 was traveling south on Richmond Highway when the driver of a 2017 Jeep Wrangler traveling in the opposite direction attempted to make a left turn onto Clayborne Avenue. The d…
Lorton Motorcyclist Dies From Injuries After Head-On Collision: Police Lorton Motorcyclist Dies From Injuries After Head-On Collision: Police
Lorton Motorcyclist Dies From Injuries After Head-On Collision: Police A 43-year-old motorcyclist from Lorton died after he collided with another vehicle, police said.At around 5:45 p.m. on August 14, Abdul Lee was riding his motorcycle near Devereux Station Lane, when he crossed the double yellow lines on the road and crashed head on with a Jeep, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Authorities said the driver of the Jeep, who as unharmed, remained on the scene and Lee was pronounced dead at the scene.  Law enforcement did not believe alcohol was a factor, but continued to investigate if speed was a factor in this incident, officials report…
Driver Surrenders In Prince William Head-On Hit-Run Crash: Police Driver Surrenders In Prince William Head-On Hit-Run Crash: Police
Driver Surrenders In Prince William Head-On Hit-Run Crash: Police A driver wanted in a head-on hit-and-run crash last weekend in Manassas surrendered to authorities. Domingo Cedillo, 26, was headed northbound on Centreville Road in his Chevrolet Express Van when he crossed over the solid yellow line and hit a Nissan Sentra, Prince William County Police said. The collision caused the Nissan to veer into another lane, where it was hit by Jeep Grand Cherokee, police said. Cedillo continued driving his van on Centreville Road until it was disabeld and he fled on foot, officials said. Police arrived at the scene to search for the suspect with a K-9, but …