Crime & Safety
Crash Kills Child, Man Monday in Gainesville
Victims, 2 and 32, were in a car that slammed into the back of a truck stopped at an intersection, say Prince William County Police.
GAINESVILLE, VA — Two people, including a 2-year-old boy, were killed shortly before 10 a.m. Monday after their car slammed into the back of a truck stopped at the intersection of Lee Highway and Heathcote Boulevard, according to Prince William County Police.
The driver of the car was identified as 32-year-old Daniel Sasha Velasco of Gainesville, with 2-year-old Ronin William Velasco— who was in the back seat — also of Gainesville.
The driver of the truck, a 46-year-old Stafford man, was not injured.
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Police say a 1999 Honda Accord was going north on Lee Highway when it hit a Kenworth delivery truck stopped at the Heathcote Boulevard intersection.
No charges are pending.
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