Virginia State Police are investigating a crash on Route 28 that killed a motorcyclist yesterday (Sunday).
According to police, the crash occurred around 12:36 p.m. yesterday on the entrance ramp from southbound Route 28 (Sully Road) to the I-66 West Express Lanes in Centreville.
“A motorcycle was driving on the entrance ramp when it lost control, went off of the left side of the road, and struck the jersey wall twice,” the VSP said in a news release today (Monday).
Michael J. Monroe, a 43-year-old Fairfax resident, was flung from the motorcycle and over a jersey wall, landing on a grassy area about 40 feet below the highway, according to the state police. He died at the scene.
An investigation into the crash remains underway.
By FFXnow’s count, this is the fourth fatal crash in Fairfax County this year, following one involving a flipped van on the Franconia-Springfield Parkway, a single-vehicle crash on Sterling Road in Herndon, and a hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian on Richmond Highway.
According to preliminary state data, the county had 55 fatalities from vehicle crashes in 2024, trailing only 2022 — when 66 people died — for the most since the database started in 2010.
