Part of a major intersection in Arlington, Virginia, was shut down before rush hour Monday because of a deadly multivehicle crash, authorities said.
At about 2:40 p.m. in the Ballston area, a man driving a pickup truck east on Wilson Boulevard at a high rate of speed struck a white sedan as it turned onto Wilson from N. Vermont Street, Arlington County police said. The cars then struck two other cars stopped at the traffic light at Wilson and N. Glebe Road.
Medics rushed the pickup driver and the woman driving the sedan to a hospital with critical injuries.
The driver of the sedan, 32-year-old Xuewei He, died at the hospital. She was from McLean, police said.
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Charges are pending against the pickup driver, who remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said Tuesday.
Before the fatal crash, officers going westbound on Wilson Boulevard were stopped at the traffic light at N. George Mason Drive when the pickup truck blew through the intersection into the wrong lanes, police said.
The officers turned around and began driving eastbound on Wilson Boulevard to investigate. Authorities said the officers followed the police department's policy and did not pursue the vehicle.
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Police did not elaborate on the timeline, but said the deadly crash happened before the officers arrived to the area.
Wilson Boulevard was closed at the intersection with N. Glebe Road as police investigated. The Arlington crash construction team was also at the scene.
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