A 26-year-old Stafford man was pulled from a wrecked car Tuesday and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The victim, Sean O’Driscoll, was driving a vehicle on Shelton Shop Road, near the Stafford Regional Airport, which struck a tree and collided with a fence. He was extricated from the vehicle and was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Virginia State Police Trooper M.D. Brill is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Fauquier County. The crash occurred on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 2:35 p.m. along Route 616 (Bristerburg Road) 9 tenths of a mile west of Route 806 (Elk Run Road).
A 1998 Jeep Cherokee was traveling east on Rt. 616 when it was unable to maneuver a curve, ran off the right side of the roadway, and collided with a tree.
Construction is progressing on a project to replace the Route 1 bridge over Potomac Creek in Stafford County, and northbound drivers can expect a slight traffic shift in the work zone beginning Monday, Feb. 15.
Both northbound travel lanes will remain open. But as construction enters the next phase, northbound traffic will be shifted around 20 feet to the right to cross Potomac Creek. This shift allows crews to build the northbound lanes on the new bridge.
Snow is forecast for the Fredericksburg area starting early Sunday morning, and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews are preparing for this weekend’s inclement weather.
On Saturday, motorists in the Fredericksburg area should be alert for a mobile VDOT operation to pre-treat Interstate 95 and interstate ramps with a salt brine solution in advance of the storm. Pre-treatment will begin Saturday morning.
Prince William County invites you to attend a virtual information session regarding the Route 28 Bypass project on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at 7 p.m.
This approximately $300 million infrastructure project, one of the largest in the history of Prince William County, will reduce traffic congestion, improve travel reliability and address other transportation challenges in the area.
One person is dead after a tractor-trailer crash at the Rappahannock River bridge.
It’s the second tractor-trailer crash at the bridge in as many days.
