Triple Fatality Auto Accident on I-95 South Bound in Stafford
On Monday, August 27, 2010 at 6:18 a.m., Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to an auto accident at the 141.6 mile marker on South Bound I-95. First arriving units reported a two-vehicle accident; one vehicle was overturned down an embankment with the occupants trapped inside. Crews stabilized the overturned vehicle and confirmed three occupants were trapped inside. Unfortunately, all of the trapped occupants succumbed to their injuries. Units evaluated four other patients’ from the second vehicle who denied injury. ...
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Metro installs new cameras on Metrobus fleet
Metro has begun to install new cameras on its fleet of 1,500 buses to assist with improving Metrobus safety by documenting incidents and assisting operators to develop safer, more efficient driving habits.
As part of a five-year contract, DriveCam will install cameras on all operational Metrobuses; review and analyze video footage; and provide feedback on operator driving habits.
Metro currently has security cameras on many of its buses that are primarily used to document customer-related incidents. DriveCam’s main focus is to help the ...
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Serious Accident Snarls Route 29 Near Warrenton
A multi-vehicle accident near the entrance to Lord Fairfax Community College and the intersection with Route 15/29 business closed both southbound lanes and one northbound lane at about 3:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Southbound traffic is being detoured onto Route 643 (Meetze Road) to Route 28 and back to Route 29 near Remington. Traffic traveling south on Route 29 to Route 17 at Opal will be able to turn onto Route 17 at the Route 28 intersection in Bealeton.
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Results of Air, Land & Speed on I-64 & I-66
Were you driving along Interstate 64 or Intestate 66 this weekend? If so, then you probably noticed Operation Air, Land & Speed in effect. The weekend safety campaign has been part of the Virginia State Police traffic safety initiative since 2006. The enforcement effort began Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 through Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 with an increase in troopers and resulted in 4,016 traffic violations for both interstates.
Troopers and supervisors stopped a total of 2,157 speeders, 394 reckless drivers and nine drunk drivers. In addition, 152 safety seat belt violations ...
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Traffic Enforcement Focuses on “Back to School” on I-64 & I-66
With hundreds of new and returning college students taking to Virginia’s highways this weekend, Virginia State Police will be increasing patrols along Interstate 64 and Interstate 66 to ensure traffic moves safely. The two-day initiative is part of state police’s continuing traffic-safety program called Operation Air, Land and Speed.
“This weekend was specifically selected for an enforcement operation because of the significant increase in traffic associated with students heading off to college in and out of state,” said Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent. “Hopefully parents will have one ...
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Police Reveal Additional Details in Goochland Murder
Virginia State Police are still searching for a killer in the 2003 death of a Goochland County realtor. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of Joan W. Weigelhofer and investigators hope the release of additional information in the case will help generate new leads from the public.
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On Aug. 14, 2003, Ms. Weigelhofer, 59, was found shot to death in her Goochland County real estate office, Busy Bee Realty Company, located at 4119 Broad Street. Her coworkers last saw her alive at approximately 3 p.m. ...
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Former Thomas Jefferson High School Employee Sentenced to 15 Months for Stealing $279,000
(Alexandria, Va) – Susan Thanh Litwin, 37, of Woodbridge, Va., was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for stealing more than $279,000 from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHS), a Fairfax County magnet school.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office; and Colonel David Rohrer, Fairfax County ...
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District of Columbia Activates First Bicycle Traffic Signals
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is making safety improvements at the intersection of 16th Street, U Street and New Hampshire Avenue, NW that includes installing the first traffic signals for cyclists in the District. DDOT has also installing contraflow bike lanes on New Hampshire Avenue and “bike boxes” for cyclists on 16th Street as part of this experimental project approved by the Federal Highway Administration.
“We know that this is already a very popular route for many cyclists, but it can be treacherous getting through the intersection,” Said DDOT Director ...
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DC-Area Card-Skimming Ring Leader Indicted
A federal grand jury today indicted Gabriel Camara, 36, of Washington D.C., of one count of conspiring to commit bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft for his role in leading a card-skimming scheme that targeted customers of restaurants in the Washington, D.C.-metro area.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Jeffrey Irvine, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, made the announcement. If convicted, Camara faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison for conspiracy and two ...
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MS-13 Member Sentenced to 40 Years for Murdering Pimp in July 2009
Adolfo Amaya Portillo, 27, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to 480 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in the murder of a pimp while robbing the pimp and a prostitute in Alexandria on July 29, 2009.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office; and Earl L. Cook, Alexandria Chief of Police, made the announcement ...
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