September 2018 Archives

Rain is considered a large part of the reason behind a multi-vehicle crash that took place in West Springfield on Monday, September 17th. According to a report from the Fairfax County Police Department, it was sometime around 2:30 in the afternoon when calls first started reaching the emergency dispatchers regarding the incident, and emergency response vehicles arrived at the scene of the location shortly afterwards.

Shortly before 10:00 in the morning, on Wednesday, September 12th, an officer on duty with the Arlington County Police Department was patrolling the area of 900 Army Navy Drive when they saw a car with windows that they believed to be illegally tinted. The officer then activated their emergency lights and initiated a routine traffic stop on the vehicle. At this time, the officer had also run the plates of the car and was aware that the person who was listed as the car's owner had a warrant out for their arrest due to felony probation violation.

Two cars were traveling down Old Mount Vernon Road in an area of Fairfax County located somewhat to the south of the city of Alexandria when something happened to cause them to collide with one another. Reports from the Fairfax County Police Department are currently misty as the investigation into the incident remains underway. We do know that following the crash one of the people involved died, but we are not informed regarding the identities, ages, or places of residence of any of those involved. 

Several days ago, we reported on a crash in Falls Church that involved an unidentified pedestrian. The crash, which happened on Labor Day (Monday, September 3rd) happened sometime around 2:00 in the morning. During the initial investigation, the police either had not identified the woman or had not contacted any of the person's family to let them know about the incident. For this reason, the name of the person involved was withheld from the public until just recently. 

Early in September, a car crash that happened in the Loudoun County city of Leesburg resulted in numerous lane closures along a highway passing through the area. According to reports from a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff, Kraig Troxell, the incident happened early in the morning of Monday, September 3rd and involved at least two cars that were traveling down Route 15. 

Labor Day weekend is normally a special time for families and friends to celebrate some of the later days of summer with a nice, long weekend. Cookouts, water sports, and general revelry are common during this time, and most people find themselves left with fond memories of the still long days and the slightly cooler nights. 

A cyclist traveling through the area of Echols Street and East Street in Vienna on Sunday, August 19th, was involved in an accident after being struck by a car trying to make a left turn from East onto Echols shortly before 7:00 in the morning. While information relating to the incident is limited to the few sentences written up by the police for the City of Vienna's Website, we do know much of the important information. Any additional facts that result from the Vienna Police's investigation will likely reach the public through the official channels of this governing body, although it is not known if an investigation into the crash is considered ongoing or if the police have concluded any examination into the events and why the occurred. 

An incident towards the end of last month resulted in an emergency flight to a Fairfax County hospital for a person working on a construction site within the city of Fairfax. Preliminary reports from the Fairfax Police Department and the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue suggest that the construction accident happened close to midnight, as road workers within the county were engaged in their work at the intersection of Monument Drive and Monument Way. 

It was close to 5:30 in the evening when an officer with the Annandale Police Department noticed a car with windows tinted to an illegal extent and decided initiate a traffic stop. To the officer's surprise, when the lights on the cruiser were activated the driver of the car in question began, instead of pulling over, to speed up. As the officer continued to pursue the vehicle, the driver of the car with the tinted windows began driving even faster, and soon the two vehicles were engaged in an all-out chase. 

On the morning of Thursday, August 16th, calls began to reach emergency response teams working within Fairfax County that reported a dump truck accident that had taken place along a ramp that connected Interstate 495's outer loop with Interstate 66. First responders, including numerous units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue team, rushed to the area and found the crash as reported, but they were also confronted with an incredible amount of debris along the roadway that indicated any cleanup would take a significant amount of time. 

A helter-skelter car chase through Fairfax County has resulted in two individuals facing many charges while authorities deliberate on handing the duo even additional charges in relation to the incident. It began under somewhat murky circumstances, but we do know that whatever altercation emerged between the two individuals and the police department resulted in a high-speed chase on Tuesday, August 28th.