Alexandria Employee Dies In Crash At Telegraph Road Intersection

HUNTINGTON, VA — One driver died in a single-vehicle crash at a Telegraph Road intersection in Huntington Monday morning.

The crash happened in the area of Telegraph Road and North Kings Highway around 9:24 a.m. Police believe a Honda CRV was heading west on North Kings Highway when it left the road and struck a traffic pole at the intersection.

The driver, Robert Bloom, 61, of Alexandria, was pronounced dead on the scene. No one else was in the vehicle. Debris from the crash impacted another vehicle, but the driver was not injured.

According to the City of Alexandria, Bloom was a public safety systems administrator in the Department of Emergency and Customer Communications. He was worked for the city since 2016.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Crash Reconstruction Unit at 703-280-0543 or submit a tip through Crime Solvers.