Crime & Safety
Great Falls Crash: Car Hits Tree, Kills Two People
Update: Police say two people died after their car crashed into a tree in Great Falls Saturday.
GREAT FALLS, VA—Fairfax County Police say two people died after a car hit a tree in Great Falls Saturday night.
Around 7 p.m., police responded to the crash in the 10500 block of Beach Mill Road. Investigations show the car had been traveling west on the road when it veered off the road then crossed back over the road in the opposite direction and struck a tree.
The driver, Benjamin Wenger, 26, of Annandale, and a passenger, Abigail Ryan, 23, of Great Falls, were pronounced dead on the scene. A female minor was also taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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No immediate details on the cause of the crash are available. Police ask any witnesses to call the Crash Reconstruction Unit at 703-280-0543, Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131 or online through Crime Solvers.
Here's where the accident happened:
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