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Ahead of Christmas, report finds drop in impaired driving deaths across D.C. region

By Scott McCaffrey
Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Carlos Heraud helps launch the 2025 St. Patrick's Day SoberRide effort (via Washington Regional Alcohol Program)

Fairfax County saw no year-over-year change, but across the D.C. region overall, deaths connected to impaired driving were down 26% from 2023 to 2024, according to new data.

The recently released annual “How Safe Are Our Roads? Report” by the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments recorded 74 fatalities connected to alcohol- and/or drug-related vehicle incidents last year — 100 fewer deaths than in the previous year and below the five-year average of 90.

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Man dies after getting charged with DUI by Fairfax City police

By Angela Woolsey
The City of Fairfax Police Department station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Police are investigating the death of a man who experienced health issues after getting arrested for a crash in Fairfax City over the weekend.

Officers responded around 8:05 p.m. on Sunday (Dec. 14) for a single-vehicle crash at the Shell gas station at 11201 Fairfax Blvd. The 66-year-old driver was believed to have been under the influence of alcohol based on a preliminary investigation, the City of Fairfax Police Department says.

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Driver charged with manslaughter for ambulance crash in Herndon

By Angela Woolsey
Police and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel respond to a fatal crash involving a car and an ambulance on Worldgate Drive in Herndon on Nov. 25, 2025 (photo by Max Fisher of Herndon)

Fairfax County police are pursuing a manslaughter charge against the driver who allegedly crashed into an ambulance in Herndon last month, killing a passenger in his car.

Jose Lopez Martinez, a 23-year-old resident of Nokesville, was arrested on Tuesday (Dec. 2) after detectives brought the new charge, which comes on top of an initial charge of driving while intoxicated for the Nov. 25 crash.

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UPDATED: One killed, multiple people injured after ambulance and car crash in Herndon

By Angela Woolsey
A fatal crash involving a car and a Fairfax County ambulance occurred on Worldgate Drive in Herndon on Nov. 25, 2025 (photo by Max Fisher of Herndon)

One person is dead and three other people are injured after an apparently alcohol-fueled crash on Worldgate Drive in Herndon that involved an ambulance.

A worker on the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s ambulance 436 reported around 4:02 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 25) that they were “involved” in a collision at the intersection of Worldgate Drive and Alton Square outside WorldGate Plaza, according to scanner traffic.

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Woman who crashed into CIA HQ gate convicted of DUI, reckless driving

By Jared Serre
The CIA headquarters at Langley seen from the air (staff photo)

The woman who crashed into the main gate at the CIA’s McLean headquarters while driving drunk earlier this year has been found guilty of three charges.

A federal jury on Thursday (Oct. 2) convicted 27-year-old Monia Spadaro of driving under the influence, reckless driving and eluding police in connection with the May 22 incident, according to online court records.

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Two men plead guilty in drunk-driving crashes that killed pedestrians

By Jared Serre
Fairfax County police car with lights flashing (file photo)

Two men accused of striking and killing pedestrians while driving under the influence pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter last month.

Carlos Nunez Morales and Michael Rambudhan, both residents of Woodbridge, are set to be sentenced in August for their roles in the pair of 2024 crashes. According to statute, each man faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for the manslaughter charge alone.

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Man sentenced to 1 year in jail for fatal Route 29 crash in 2023

By Jared Serre
Fairfax County Courthouse (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A 23-year-old who admitted to driving while under the influence when he struck and killed another motorist in Centreville will spend the next year in jail.

Gabriel Rincon of Fairfax was sentenced Friday (March 14) to a total of 11 years for the December 2023 crash that killed Sohail Iqbal, a 30-year-old Manassas man, on Route 29 near Stringfellow Road.

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Herndon man charged with DWI for crash that killed teen

By Angela Woolsey
Looking south in the 5600 block of Pleasant Valley Road in Centreville (via Google Maps)

A crash in Centreville that killed a teenager last Thursday (Feb. 27) was the result of a drunk driver, Fairfax County police say.

Officers responded at 10:28 p.m. that night to the 5600 block of Pleasant Valley Road for the two-vehicle crash.

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Driver in fatal Fairfax County Parkway crash was drunk, police charge

By Angela Woolsey
Northbound Fairfax County Parkway over Elden Street (via Google Maps)

A Reston man is facing criminal charges for his involvement in a recent fatal crash on Fairfax County Parkway.

The Fairfax County Police Department says Ayaan Usmani, 23, was drunk and speeding when he lost control of the 2019 BMW M850I he was driving near Elden Street around 2:40 a.m. on Nov. 23.

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