PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Police released the names of two motorcyclists killed this weekend in separate crashes on Joplin Road.
Christopher Lee Capo, 34, of Dumfries, was killed Saturday morning near the intersection of Joplin and Park Headquarters roads near Triangle when the driver of a 2007 Volkswagen Golf traveling west on the two lane road tried to make a U-turn. The car crossed into the path of an oncoming 2010 Aprilia RSV4 motorcycle.
The motorcycle rider tried to avoid colliding with the car but couldn’t, police documents state.
The rider was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the Golf was a 17-year-old from Manassas Park.
In the second crash involving a motorcycle on Joplin Road this weekend, 22-year-old Darren Mitchell Kirby, of Stafford, was killed while headed east on Joplin Road on Sunday night. Police said Kirby’s bike crossed a double yellow line into the path of an oncoming 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada SUV.
Kirby was pronounced dead on scene and was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. The 78-year-old driver was not injured; however, the 68-year-old female passenger suffered minor injuries, according to police.
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