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Truck driver identified in fatal Beltway crash

Damaree Sanders, 33, of Raford, North Carolina, died in a crash Sunday on the Beltway, the Virginia State Police said. (Courtesy Virginia State Police)

The Virginia State Police on Monday identified the driver of the truck who died in a crash that tied up the Inner Loop of the Beltway for hours on Sunday.

Damaree Sanders, 33, of Raford, North Carolina, died in the single-vehicle crash near the Georgetown Pike exit at around 6 a.m., the state police said.

Sanders ran off the road, hit a guardrail and then a pole, the police said. He died at the scene.

Traffic was slowed to varying degrees for around 12 hours.

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