A man is dead and five people are hurt after a crash in Fairfax County, Virginia, around 1:30 p.m. Friday. The crash happened on U.S. Route 1 and Pohick Road near the Fort Belvoir Tulley Gate. Fairfax County police said it was a three-car collision, and one man died at the scene. The other five people were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to authorities.
UPDATE/VA: #FortBelvoir US-1 both ways between Pence Gate/Fort Belvoir and VA-286/Fairfax County Pkwy all lanes blocked at the serious accident, accident investigation. Listen live to WTOP’s latest traffic reports every 10 minutes on the 8s. https://t.co/aESgy6FEFU #vatraffic pic.twitter.com/Nhn9tfvGk5
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Southbound Route 1 was closed for several hours as police investigated the crash. Around 6:30 p.m., the diversion was cleared and traffic could once again flow on Route 1. [google_map latitude=”38.708851″ longitude=”-77.157927″ zoom=”14″ height=”300px” location_label=”Fort Belvoir crash” dynamic_map=”false”] WTOP’s Dave Dildine and Zeke Hartner contributed to this report.