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Article 1: Maryland man killed fleeing crash scene in police car By Martin Weil
Tuesday, February 2, 2010; C03

A Prince George's County man who was injured in one car wreck early Saturday was killed shortly afterward in a second, when he crashed the police car that he took at the scene of the first, county police said.

The unlikely series of events began about 2:30 a.m., when a 2006 Dodge Charger crashed near Croom and Baden Naylor roads, in the southeastern part of the county, police said. How the crash occurred was not clear, but no other vehicle was involved, police said.

Officers came upon the crash scene and located the driver, who had left the vehicle but was nearby, said Officer Henry Tippett, a police spokesman.

Police identified the man as Kenneth R. Taylor, 28, of the 15400 block of Mount Calvert Road.

Events unfolded rapidly, Tippett said. Officers spoke with Taylor briefly and then went to the crashed vehicle to see whether anybody else was inside.

While they were checking it, Tippett said, Taylor, who they thought was the driver of the wrecked car, jumped into one of the officers' cruisers.

He headed north for a mile or so, Tippett said, before the cruiser left Croom road near Mattaponi Road, where Croom bends sharply. Police were not pursuing the cruiser, Tippett said.

"There was no chase involved," he said. "This all happened so quick."

Police said the cruiser, with Taylor inside, struck a tree and burst into flames.

Police tried to extinguish the fire but were unable to do it, he said. Firefighters, who had been called to the scene of the initial crash, arrived at the second one and were eventually able to put out the blaze, Tippett said.

Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His home address is about two miles east of Croom Road and a few miles north of where the crashes occurred.

The cause of the original crash remained under investigation Monday night, police said.

Taylor's body was taken for an autopsy to the office of the chief medical examiner in Baltimore, police said.

Authorities said Taylor suffered injuries in the first crash but what the injuries were was not specified. It was not clear what caused the second crash or whether the injuries played any part, police said. The police cruiser was destroyed.

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Article 2: Woodbridge student killed in Dale City crash

By Martin Weil

Friday, February 5, 2010; 12:24 AM

A high school student from Prince William County was killed Friday afternoon when his car went out of control and collided with another vehicle, county police said.

They said Mohammed Wali, 18, of California Street in Woodbridge, was killed at Dale Boulevard and Ashdale Plaza in Dale City. He was a student at Freedom High School, police said.

They said he was traveling east at high speed on Dale Boulevard about 3:15 p.m. when his auto went out of control, crossed the median and collided with a van in the westbound lanes.

The occupants of the van, a woman and her 4-year-old daughter, were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life threatening, police said.

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Article 3: Burke woman killed in car crash

By Jerry Markon
Saturday, February 13, 2010; 3:58 PM

A 19-year-old Fairfax County woman was killed in a car crash late Friday when the car she was driving ran off the road and hit a tree, Fairfax police said Saturday.

Katelyn M. Zinn of Burke was driving a 1996 Toyota Camry east on Burke Lake Road about 11:30 p.m. when she apparently lost control, struck a concrete median, ran off the right shoulder and slid sideways into a tree, police said. They said Zinn was the sole occupant of the vehicle and apparently was not wearing a seat belt.

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Article 4: Fairfax woman killed in head-on crash in Great Falls

By Tom Jackman
Friday, February 12, 2010; 6:03 PM

A Fairfax County woman was killed Tuesday morning when her car crossed the center line on Georgetown Pike in the Great Falls area and crashed head-on into a sport-utility vehicle, Fairfax police said.

Police said Marilyn Miller, 64, ...

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