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Driver killed in head-on collision in Marumsco Hills

By Potomac Local News

Updated Wednesday, March 23

The driver killed in a head-on collision is identified as 57-year-old Phillip Lee Austin, of Woodbridge.

More from police on the investigation into the crash: 

Fatal Crash Investigation – On March 22 at 4:28PM, investigators from the Crash Investigation Unit responded to the 2300 block of West Longview Dr in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate a two vehicle crash. The investigation revealed that the driver of a 1997 Infinity QX4 was traveling northbound on West Longview Dr in the above area at an excessive speed when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed over the double yellow line and collided head on with the driver of a 2006 Saturn VUE who was traveling in the southbound lane. The driver of the Infinity was transported to an area hospital where he died a short time later as a result of his injuries from the collision. The other driver sustained serious, non-life threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital. The driver of the Infinity was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the collision. It is unknown at this time if alcohol was a factor. The investigation continues.   

Identified:
The operator of the 1997 Infinity QX4 was identified as Phillip Lee AUSTIN II, 57, of Woodbridge 

The driver of the 2006 Saturn VUE was identified as a 38 year old man of Woodbridge

Update 6:30 p.m. 

One of two drivers involved in a crash on West Longview Drive in Woodbridge today has died. 

More as we have it.

Original post

Two men went to hospitals after a head-on collision in Woodbridge.

The drivers of a tan Infinity QX4 and Saturn Vue, both SUVs, collided in the 2900 block of West Longview Drive about 4:30 p.m. Rescue crews extracted, at least, one man from his SUV.

EMTs worked feverishly to perform CPR on one of the victims. After at least 30 minutes, the crash victim was placed in an ambulance and flown to a local hospital.

Rescue crews strapped the second crash to a bed and drove him to a local hospital.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The identities of the victims were not released.

Once fire and rescue crews cleared the scene, a police crash investigation team began examining and photographing the wreckage. Both SUV sustained heavy front-end damage, had their front side doors removed, and tires had blown out.

Police closed a portion of West Longview Drive at Franklin Street. Only those who lived in homes beyond the orange cones were allowed to pass.

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The crash happened about 50 yards from a crosswalk used by students at Marumsco Hills Elementary School. Neighbors told Potomac Local speeding is an issue on the street weekdays between 6 and 8 a.m. and 4 and 6 p.m.

“We’ve been trying for years to get a speed hump or an increased fine for speeding along this road,” said Timothy Carter, whose lived Marumsco Hills on West Longview for 40 years. “The police are out here doing what they can [to stop speeders].

Police said the affected portion of West Longview would be closed for the crash investigation until at least 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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