crash that injured nine people Monday afternoon near Brambleton.
Around 12:47 p.m. a 2000 Ford pick-up was traveling southbound on
Belmont Ridge Road when it was struck on the passenger side by a 1989
Ford E350 box van that was traveling eastbound on Creighton Road. A
preliminary investigation reveals that the moving truck ran a stop
sign at the intersection of the two roadways.
The driver of the box van, Aldo Fabian Arroyo-Hernandez, 26, of
Herndon, was charged with Reckless Driving, Driving Unlicensed, and
Failing to Obtain a Virginia License. Arroyo-Hernandez was airlifted
to INOVA Fairfax Hospital where he is listed in critical condition.
The driver of the pick-up, Aaron Castelan Mendoza, 23, of Annapolis,
MD was transported to the Cornwall Campus of INOVA Loudoun Hospital,
but was later transferred to the Lansdowne Campus of INOVA Lansdowne
Hospital and is listed in stable condition.
Two passengers in the box truck, Jose Amides Ayala-Mejia and Jose
Armando Romero were airlifted to INOVA Fairfax Hospital with
life-threatening injuries. At this stage of the investigation, it
does not appear the either were wearing seatbelts. Porfirio Manchame,
33, was ground transported to the Lansdowne campus of INOVA Loudoun
Hospital but was later transferred to INOVA Fairfax Hospital where he
is listed in critical condition. He also was not believed to have
been wearing a seatbelt. This vehicle was not equipped with airbags.
In the Ford pickup, Omar Cruz Castelan, 24, of Manassas, was seated in
the rear center seat of the crew-cab pickup. He was airlifted to INOVA
Fairfax Hospital where he was treated and released. Passengers,
Roberto Castelan, 20, of unknown address; and Andres Galacia Rivera,
22, of Manassas, were also airlifted to INOVA Fairfax Hospital where
both are in critical condition. Santiago Rojas, 20, of unknown
address, was ground transported to INOVA Cornwall Hospital where he
was later transferred to INOVA Fairfax Hospital and is listed in
critical condition. None of these passengers are believed to have been
wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash. The airbags in the
Ford pickup did deploy.
Route 659 was closed down as Sheriff?s Deputies worked for over four
hours to collect scene evidence and clear the roadway. Investigation
into the incident continues as members of the Crash Reconstruction
Unit look into the incident.
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