Driver charged in pedestrian crash
The Fairfax County Police Department has arrested the driver responsible for a fatal pedestrian crash in Seven Corners on Aug. 18.
The crash killed Albert Sweat, 62, of Maryland, as he was walking through a parking lot in the 6200 block of Arlington Boulevard.
Yansi Martinez Gonzalez was charged Aug. 30 with reckless driving and driving without a license. She was released on a summons and scheduled to appear in court.
Martinez Gonzelez, 26, of Falls Church, was driving a 2012 Honda Civic northbound on Wilson Boulevard. Detectives from the FCPD Crash Reconstruction Unit determined she made an improper lane change from the left lane into the side of a Volkswagen Jetta which was also heading north on Wilson Boulevard.
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The collision forced the Volkswagen off the roadway into the adjacent parking lot, striking Sweat. The Volkswagen continued over a median and struck a parked 2010 GMC Yukon before coming to rest in a mulch bed.
Sweat was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The drivers and passengers in the three vehicles were not injured in the crash.
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Hope Gonzelez spends the rest of her life where she belongs–in prison!
To many drivers around here mimic the driver habits, practices and style of third world countries. I was scared more driving in Middle East than fighting there.