Crime & Safety

Reston Man Killed In Traffic Accident

One-car crash occurred on Fairfax County Parkway, but car traveled to a side street backyard.

A Reston man was killed in an early Sunday crash on the Fairfax County Prkway near West Ox Road.

Police were called to the site about 1:50 a.m. An investigation determined the vehicle was traveling north on the Fairfax County Parkway, just past the intersection of West Ox Road, when the driver of a 1988 Oldsmobile Bravada lost control of the vehicle.

The Bravada went off the left side of the road and rotated counter-clockwise. It traveled across the grass median and the southbound lanes of the Parkway then began to roll as it reached the shoulder of the road. It continued up the embankment, took out some trees and crashed through a wooden fence. The Bravada came to rest on its roof in the backyard of a home in the 13100 block of Lou Alice Way.

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The driver, Arturo Cruz Zaldivar, 22, of Cocquina Drive in Reston, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 20-year-old male passenger was treated for minor injuries. Zaldivar was not wearing a seatbelt; the passenger was, police said. The crash investigation is ongoing. Speed and alcohol appear to be factors.   

Police ask that anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

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