Crime & Safety

Reston Man Dies in Flooding

Hakimi was one of three killed in Fairfax County.

The man who died Thursday night after his car was swept away in Great Falls has been identified as Arsalan Hakimi, 67, of Reston.

Police said Hakimi, who lived in the 1500 block of Northgate Square, had been driving his Toyota Yaris in rising waters near Beech Mill Road at Club View Drive in Great Falls about 7 p.m. during the storm that dropped more than six inches of rain in a few hours.

Hakimi was swept downstream in his car. As he apparently tried to get out, he was swept into the creek and drowned near Carrwood Drive, police said.

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Hakiimi, who was a banker in his native Iran, worked as a pizza deliveryman for Domino's. He was apparently headed to Great Falls to see his grandchildren at the time of the storm, according to The Washington Post.

He was an active participant in Reston Tennis.

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Police are continuing to investigate the accident.

, who was swept away by flood waters in his backyard in the 9700 block of Marcliff Court.

Galo Sebastian Salvador Vinueza, 25, of  Lorton, also apparently drowned when he tried to walk across the Accotink Creek Bridge.


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