Police Identify Body Found In Back Of Van After I-95 Crash

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA — The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Fairfax Field Office is investigating the death of a man discovered following a traffic crash on Interstate 95 early Thursday morning in Prince William County.

At 2:25 a.m. Thursday, Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in Prince William County. A tractor-trailer had been stopped on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes of I-95 near Exit 160 for Route 123/Occoquan Lake Ridge.

As the tractor-trailer began to pull back into the southbound travel lanes, it was struck from behind by a van.

The man driving the white, full-size Chevrolet work van was treated at the scene for minor injuries. After the scene was cleared, though, Delmer Reniery Flores-Canaca, 26, of Springfield, Va., was found dead in the back cargo area of the van, the police said. His body was transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Manassas for examination and autopsy.

At this stage of the investigation, the state police said Wednesday they believe Flores-Canaca died from injuries sustained in the crash.

After the crash, the tractor-trailer left the scene and continued southbound on I-95, according to the police. The investigation into the crash and "unattended death" of the young man remains ongoing at this time, according to the state police.

Montgomery County Fire MDTF-1, an urban search and rescue team, happened upon the crash scene that morning and offered assistance to the Virginia State Police. The search and rescue team was part of a Maryland task force on its way to Louisiana to help FEMA respond to Hurricane Laura when it came upon the crash in Prince William County.

The Virginia State Police is asking for anyone who witnessed the crash or has information on the driver of the tractor-trailer involved in the crash to contact it by phone at 703-803-2676 or by email at questions@vsp.virginia.gov.