92-Year-Old Arlington Man Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash

ARLINGTON, VA — The Critical Accident Team of the Arlington County Police Department is investigating a fatal, single-vehicle crash the happened Tuesday evening near the Washington and Old Dominion Trail in Barcroft, according to a police release.

Police were dispatched around 9:01 p.m., for the report of a crash with injuries near the W&OD Trail in the 4800 block of 8th Street S. Following a preliminary investigation, police determined the driver lost control of the vehicle, hit a parked vehicle, and continued traveling, before his vehicle overturned onto the trail.

Arriving officers and medics provided aid to the driver, who was removed later from his vehicle by the Arlington County Fire Department. The driver, whom police identified as Bolivar Cobos, 92, of Arlington, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for life-threatening injuries. Cobos later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.

This crash remains under investigation. Police ask anyone with information about this incident to contact Detective T. Parsons of the Critical Accident Team at 703-228-4172 or TParsons@arlingtonva.us. To submit information anonymously, contact the Arlington County Crime Solvers hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).