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Alexandria Police Investigate Fatal Crash
(Sunday) July 27, 2008
Alexandria police are investigating a crash that resulted in the death of the driver of a motor scooter. The accident occurred at approximately 1:15 P.M. on Saturday, July 26, at the intersection of West Braddock Road and North Van Dorn Street.
Initial investigation indicates that the 16 year-old Fairfax resident was riding with a passenger on the motor scooter on West Braddock Road when there was a collision with a vehicle going south on North Van Dorn Street. The driver and passenger of the vehicle were transported with non life-threatening injuries to a local hospital by ambulance. The driver and passenger of the motor scooter were transported by air to a local hospital. The passenger received non life-threatening injuries. The driver of the motor scooter was pronounced dead on Sunday, July 27.
Members of the Crash Reconstruction Team are investigating the case.
This is the second traffic fatality in the City this year. There were four traffic fatalities during 2007.
(Sunday) July 27, 2008
Alexandria police are investigating a crash that resulted in the death of the driver of a motor scooter. The accident occurred at approximately 1:15 P.M. on Saturday, July 26, at the intersection of West Braddock Road and North Van Dorn Street.
Initial investigation indicates that the 16 year-old Fairfax resident was riding with a passenger on the motor scooter on West Braddock Road when there was a collision with a vehicle going south on North Van Dorn Street. The driver and passenger of the vehicle were transported with non life-threatening injuries to a local hospital by ambulance. The driver and passenger of the motor scooter were transported by air to a local hospital. The passenger received non life-threatening injuries. The driver of the motor scooter was pronounced dead on Sunday, July 27.
Members of the Crash Reconstruction Team are investigating the case.
This is the second traffic fatality in the City this year. There were four traffic fatalities during 2007.
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After motorcycle deaths reached a 10-year high last year, Virginia officials have made safety a priority for 2008.
Those efforts look like they're paying off.
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles reported preliminary numbers showing that half as many people died while riding motorcycles in the first five months of 2008 compared to the same time last year.
Twenty people died in motorcycle accidents from January through May this year, compared to 41 in 2007.
Statewide, motorcycle deaths are at their lowest level since 2005, even though there are more registered motorcycles in Virginia than ever before - 136,953 as of May 31.
Mary Ann Rayment, with the Virginia Highway Safety Office, said the 126 fatalities in 2007 led to a focus on training for motorcycle riders.
Those efforts look like they're paying off.
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles reported preliminary numbers showing that half as many people died while riding motorcycles in the first five months of 2008 compared to the same time last year.
Twenty people died in motorcycle accidents from January through May this year, compared to 41 in 2007.
Statewide, motorcycle deaths are at their lowest level since 2005, even though there are more registered motorcycles in Virginia than ever before - 136,953 as of May 31.
Mary Ann Rayment, with the Virginia Highway Safety Office, said the 126 fatalities in 2007 led to a focus on training for motorcycle riders.
