1 dead in Fauquier County crash involving school bus

A man was killed and three people were hurt when a van crashed into a school bus in Fauquier County, Virginia, during Tuesday’s snowstorm. (Courtesy Virginia State Police)

A man was killed and three people were hurt when a van crashed into a school bus in Fauquier County, Virginia, during Tuesday’s snowstorm.

The Virginia State Police said in a statement that the van was heading east on Va. Route 55 near Route 729 (Carrington Road) at about 1 p.m. when the driver, Charles Anderson, 71, of Manassas, lost control, crossed the center line and hit a county school bus heading west.

Mark Tee, 48, of Manassas, a passenger in the van, was killed in the crash. Anderson was flown to a hospital with what the police described as life-threatening injuries.

There were no children on the school bus, but the driver and an adult passenger suffered minor injuries, the police said.

Slick road conditions were a factor in the crash, the police said. They’re still investigating.

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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