Update 5:30 p.m Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013
A Maryland woman was killed Tuesday morning (Jan. 22) in a two-vehicle traffic crash in Fairfax County. The crash occurred at 7:12 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95 less than a mile from Route 286/Fairfax County Parkway.
A flatbed truck was stopped for traffic preparing to take the exit ramp onto Route 286 south, when it was rear-ended by a 2007 Kia Sedona. The driver of the Kia, Ellen S. Linder, 65, of Kensington, Md., died at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured in the crash.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
-Virginia State PoliceÂ
10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013
Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred this morning on Intestate 95 at Fairfax County Parkway.
More in a statement from Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller:
At 6:44 a.m., Virginia State Police Trooper M.S. Ratliff was called to the scene of a fatal crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near Route 286. A minivan ran into the rear of a 3-axle truck. The driver of the minivan died at the scene. State police are still investigating the cause of the crash and in the process of notifying the next of kin of the deceased.
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