Fatal Beltway Crash Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured Monday Morning

WASHINGTON, DC — One person is dead and another is injured after two crashes occurred on the Capital Beltway Monday morning, blocking all lanes on the Inner Loop at Van Dorn Street near Alexandria, Va. for hours.

The first accident happened around 4:55 a.m. just before Exit 173, shutting down the Inner Loop. Two vehicles crashed and one of the cars got turned around, Virginia State Police said. Police believe someone then got out of one of the cars and was fatally run down.

Another person was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

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Lanes reopened just before 9 a.m., but many drivers were stuck bumper-to-bumper for hours after the accident was reported at 5:18 a.m.

Monday's crash happened near where a local high school coach was killed Saturday. Leonard Schultz, 52, was a Vienna special education teacher and varsity football coach at Madison High School. He was hit by a box truck at the split of the Capital Beltway, Interstate 95 and Interstate 395 in Springfield.

His nephew Albert Schultz, 24, was also hit and remains in critical condition in the hospital.

"As a special education teacher and our football coach, Mr. Schultz was known to be a kind, compassionate and thoughtful person. His friendship, guidance, and leadership will be greatly missed," Principal Gregory Hood wrote in a letter to the Madison community. "An educator for more than two decades, Mr. Schultz was thoroughly devoted to the Madison High School community. Those who knew Mr. Schultz understood him to be a person of integrity whose life and dedication to his students, staff and community were an inspiration to all of us."

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