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In today's newsletter:

  • What investigators say about the fatal Burke motorcyclist crash in West Springfield

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📰 News we're reading

• Public Safety - Week of September 18, 2026 (fairfaxtimes.com) — A Burke man, 45-year-old Russell Edwards, died after his motorcycle collided with a car at Braddock Road and Southampton Drive in West Springfield, and police are still investigating speed and alcohol as possible factors. The same Fairfax County public safety roundup details several other serious local cases, including major fire damage in Lorton, a Fairfax contractor fraud sentence, and two deadly crashes involving a teen cyclist and a Centreville couple.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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