Wrong-Way Driver Killed on I-495 Near Eisenhower Avenue: Police

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- A wrong-way driver was killed early Monday on the Beltway near Eisenhower Avenue, according to Virginia State Police.

At 1:35 a.m., Monday, Virginia State Police received an emergency call about a wrong-way driver on I-495/I-95, they said. As state police troopers immediately began to respond to the location, another call came in minutes later that the wrong-way vehicle had collided with another vehicle in the westbound lanes of I-495, east of Exit 174 for Eisenhower Avenue in Fairfax County, according to police.

A Honda CR-V was traveling east in the westbound lanes when it struck head-on a westbound Chevrolet Tahoe, police said. A Dodge Caravan also traveling west on I-495 was then damaged by debris from the first crash, according to police.

The driver of the Honda, a man from New York, died at the scene, police said. He was the only occupant.

The driver and passenger of the Tahoe, an adult male and adult female from New Jersey, were transported to Fairfax Inova Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, police said.

The driver of the Dodge Caravan was also transported to Fairfax Inova Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, police said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Police are not releasing the name of the deceased driver until next of kin are notified.

Area where crash occurred early Monday was just east of Exit 174 in westbound lanes of I-495: