Arlington Deputy Killed When Car Is Struck

The chief deputy sheriff of Arlington County, Dennis W. Webb, was killed Saturday in one of two fatal car crashes that occurred over the weekend in Prince William County, authorities said.

Webb, 53, was "one of the greatest guys you'd ever want to meet," Arlington Sheriff Beth Arthur said last night.

She said he joined her department about three years ago after retiring from a 22-year law enforcement career in Prince William, where he lived. He had been director of administration at the Prince William-Manassas regional adult detention center.

Arthur said Webb was married and had two sons and a 6-year-old grandchild. He was a church member, a "man of great faith," she said. "Once you met him, within three seconds he was your best friend."

Prince William police said a Jeep went out of control on Sudley Road about 2 p.m. and sideswiped a sport-utility vehicle. It returned to the road, went out of control again and hit Webb's car as he turned into a parking lot, police said. Webb died at the scene; no one else was hurt.

Police said that Scott R. Edgell, 47, of Stafford was charged with reckless driving and that speed was a factor in the crash.

In the second crash, Hannah Leigh Boyd, 19, of Burford, Ga., died after being ejected from a car that went out of control on Braemar Parkway near Garlock Way about 3 a.m. yesterday.

The car hit some trees and ejected Boyd and two others. One, a 20-year-old Bristow man, was hospitalized with injuries regarded as life-threatening. The driver, an 18-year-old woman, also was ejected and was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, police said.

Police said the three were not wearing seat belts. A fourth occupant, who wore a seat belt, remained in the vehicle and was not injured, police said.

Staff writer Annie Gowen contributed to this report.