Va. police ID woman killed in Fairfax Co. crash

The Virginia State Police on Friday identified the woman who was killed Wednesday morning when her car crashed into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County.

The police said in a statement that Krista Kelley, 24, of Henrico, Virginia, was driving south near Lorton Road when her Corolla ran off the road and crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer that was parked on the right shoulder.

Kelley died at the scene, the police said; the driver of the tractor-trailer wasn’t hurt. The police are continuing to investigate.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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