Crime & Safety
Road Crew Worker Killed: Driver Charged
The flagger at a work site was struck on March 24 and pronounced dead at the scene. Charges were filed Monday, according to police.
MANASSAS, VA — A driver was charged Monday in a wreck that killed a road crew employee on the afternoon of March 24.
Kevin Wesley Raynor, 55, of 348 Freezeland Manor Dr in Linden is charged with reckless driving and failing to obey an authorized flagger. He has been released, pending a court date on May 3.
The fatal victim has been identified as Gary Mason Lee, 25, of Hampton.
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Raynor was driving a 2013 Ford Fusion, heading southbound in the 6600 block of Davis Ford Road when the car approached a mobile work zone.
According to Prince William County Police, Raynor allegedly failed to stop for Lee, who was the flagger at the work site, and struck him.
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"The force of the collision pushed the flagger into the northbound lane where he was inadvertently struck by the driver of a 2014 Mercedes C250," according to a police report. Lee was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lee was dressed in a florescent green vest and pants holding a stop sign mounted on a metal pole, according to police.
Speed, alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors in this crash.
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