A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a collision with a dump truck this afternoon (Tuesday) on Richmond Highway in Lorton.
Police and the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched around 1:43 p.m. to Richmond Highway at Lorton Road near Gunston Plaza for a crash described initially as involving “an 18-wheeler,” according to scanner traffic.
The motorcyclist was found “entangled in the bike,” requiring some metal to be cut away. The Fairfax 1 police helicopter was called to assist with the medical evacuation, landing in the northbound lanes of Richmond Highway at approximately 2:13 p.m…