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Crash Update

Crash Investigators with the Arlington Police Department continue to investigate two traffic fatalities that occurred over the weekend.

A motorcycle collided with a passenger car on Friday, April 14 at round 7:45 p.m. in the 1600 block of East Mayfield Road. The motorcycle driver was ejected.

On Sunday night at around 6 p.m., at the intersection of North Watson Road and Brown Boulevard, a 27-year-old female driver was traveling westbound on Brown Boulevard and collided with a vehicle traveling southbound on Watson Road. The woman was transported to a local hospital and died as a result of her injuries.

For more information about these two fatality crashes, visit our website at www.arlingtonpd.org and click on News Releases.

Traffic crashes continue to be a leading cause of death in the U.S. According to the APD Crash Investigation Unit, driving too close and driver inattention are the top two contributing factors in most crashes while speed and alcohol are other leading causes of fatality crashes. The goal of every Arlington crash investigator is to ensure a complete and thorough investigation using accident reconstruction, data retrieval analysis and forensic mapping.