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FAIRFAX COUNTY
Medical Emergency Suspected in Fatal Crash
A Fairfax County man who might have had a medical emergency while driving died Monday night when he lost control of his pickup truck and slammed into a parked car in the Lorton area, Fairfax police said yesterday.
Earl Coleman, 55, of the 8300 block of Dixon Street in the Lorton area, was driving his 1978 Ford F-150 north on Windemere Hill Drive, just off Lorton Road, police said. As he neared Old Vicarage Street, his truck left the road, ran over some shrubs and grazed a fire hydrant, then returned to the road and struck a parked car, pushing it into a house.
Coleman was taken to Potomac Hospital, where he later died, police said. Investigators think that Coleman might have suffered a medical emergency but could not elaborate because of privacy restrictions.
-- Tom Jackman
TRANSPORTATION
N.Va. Chief of VDOT Takes Private-Sector Job
The Virginia Department of Transportation's top official for Northern Virginia is leaving the agency for the private sector.
Dennis C. Morrison is leaving after three years as head of VDOT's largest district. He has worked for the agency for 30 years.
During his time in Northern Virginia, Morrison has overseen work on the Springfield interchange, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and negotiations to build toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 95/395. He also served on the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, which voted last week to raise and spend more than $300 million a year on new regional transportation projects.
Morrison will join the Alexandria office of Volkert & Associates Inc., a firm that offers engineering, architectural, planning and environmental consulting. He is expected to leave in mid-August. An interim administrator has not been named.
