A 15-year-old and a 75-year-old died after a crash on the Beltway in Northern Virginia on Christmas night, authorities say.
The deadly crash occurred on I-495 eastbound at the 49 mile marker in Fairfax County, Virginia State Police said. The victims’ names were not immediately released.
State troopers were called to the crash scene after 10:40 p.m. after “witnesses reported a Toyota Sienna Minivan located in the eastbound Express Lanes with heavy rear-end damage,” police said in a statement.
All six people in the minivan were taken to a hospital. A 75-year-old woman and a 15-year-old, both passengers, died of their injuries, police said.
A short distance from the minivan, “on the mainlines of Interstate 495,” troopers found a “damaged Dodge Ram pickup truck” with two injured occupants. Both also were taken to a hospital.
Police believe the crash “may have actually occurred in the main lines of Interstate 495, not the Express Lanes.” An investigation into its cause is underway.
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