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A crash on a rainy Tuesday morning killed one person in Fairfax County, Virginia, police say.
David Mendez Hernandez, 19, was driving a 2007 Nissan at a high rate of speed north in the 2900 block of Prosperity Avenue when he lost control and struck a tractor-trailer turning onto southbound Prosperity shortly after 7 a.m., Fairfax County police said.
Mendez Hernandez was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. No other injuries were reported.
Prosperity was closed for several hours between Route 50 and Route 29.
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Police do not believe alcohol was involved the crash.
