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3 injured after crash that sent 2 vehicles into water off of GW Parkway in Va.

Three people were taken to the hospital Saturday after two vehicles crashed and went into the water below the George Washington Parkway in Arlington, Virginia, police tell WTOP.

U.S. Park police responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on the GW Parkway in the area near Arlington Boulevard just before 5 p.m., a department spokesperson told WTOP.

Both vehicles went into Boundary Channel after the crash. WTOP’s traffic center is reporting that the vehicles were hit by a tree after they went into the water.

The three people in the vehicles were taken to the hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.

The GW Parkway was shut down for several hours while rescuers took care of the injured and got the vehicles out of the water.

Push to make work trucks, cargo vans as safe as personal vehicles

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which has a 30-year history of conducting crash tests to make sedans, minivans and SUVs safer is now testing cargo vans and work trucks that many people drive on the job. In 2023, 6,535 people were killed in crashes involving heavy-or medium-duty trucks or light vans, accounting for 16% of all roadway fatalities, according to the Arlington, Virginia-based insurance group. David Kidd, vice president of vehicle research for IIHS, said gaps in the U.S. vehicle safety system make commercial vehicles riskier to both their drivers and those they share the road with.
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