PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Police have released the name of a man who died after he crashed into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 66 in Prince William County over the weekend.
According to Virginia State Police, troopers responded to the reported crash on I-66 eastbound, about 0.3 miles west of Bull Run Drive, at around 3:10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28.
There, an investigation found that a Toyota sedan had rear-ended a 2024 Kenworth 310 tractor that was legally parked at the rest stop before it burst into flames.
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State police said the driver of the Toyota, Jose Daniel Rivera Quintana, 19, of Bristow, died at the scene just minutes after the crash.
Investigators noted that the 19-year-old was wearing a seatbelt and that the crash is not believed to be alcohol-related. However, police did determine that Quintana was driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the Toyota, striking the parked tractor-trailer…