Reston Man Killed in Herndon Area Crash

Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred early in the morning on Sunday, April 24.

At about 1:50 a.m. police were called to the area at Fairfax County Parkway near West Ox Road for a reported crash. Police found a 1988 Oldsmobile Bravada in the backyard of a home in the 13100 block of Lou Alice Way.

The driver of the vehicle, Arturo Cruz Zaldivar, 22, of Cocquina Drive in Reston, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt. A 20-year-old male passenger, who was wearing a seatbelt, was treated for minor injuries.

Police determined the vehicle was traveling north on the Fairfax County Parkway just past the intersection of West Ox Road when the driver lost control of the car. The vehicle went off the left side of the road, rotated counter clockwise, traveled across the grass median and into the southbound lanes of the Parkway. As the Bravada reached the shoulder of the roadit continued to roll up the embankment, took out some trees and crashed through a wooden fence. The car came to rest on its roof in the back yard of a home on Lou Alice Way.

Speed and alcohol appear to be factors. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers anonymously at 1-866-411-8477, or the Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.