Crime & Safety
11 Vehicles Involved In Crash With Tractor-Trailer Hitting Condo Building, 5 Injured
There were 11 vehicles involved in the crash that led a tractor-trailer to hit a condo building off Gordon Boulevard, according to police.
WOODBRIDGE, VA — Nearly a dozen vehicles were involved in the crash that led a heavy-duty Freightliner truck to hit a condo building Monday morning in Woodbridge outside the Town of Occoquan. Five drivers were injured, and no one in the building was injured.
Prince William County Fire and Rescue and Prince William County Police responded around 8:16 a.m. Monday to the 12700 block of Gordon Boulevard for building damage resulting from the crash. Units encountered a tractor-trailer that crashed into the building at Moorings of Occoquan.
Police said 11 vehicles were involved in the crash. Four drivers, including the Mercedes driver, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Another driver was treated at the scene, and the truck driver was not injured.
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Prince William County Police are investigating the cause of the crash. According to police, a 2025 Mercedes GLE was trying to turn left from westbound Riverview Lane onto Gordon Boulevard. The car went in the path of a 2012 Freightliner heavy-duty truck heading south on Gordon Boulevard. The truck hit the Mercedes at a T-bone angle, causing the Mercedes to spin around and strike two other vehicles at the intersection. The truck driver lost control, leading it to hit two other vehicles, go down an embankment, hit five parked cars in the condo parking lot and strike the building.
Police say the Mercedes driver, a 67-year-old man from Woodbridge, did not have the right-of-way. Charges are pending from police in the crash investigation.
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The other drivers were a 32-year-old man from Woodbridge driving the Freightliner, a 40-year-old man from Fredericksburg, a 24-year-old woman from Fairfax, a 62-year-old woman from Williamsburg and 48-year-old man from Woodbridge.
The county's building official was on scene to determine the severity of damages. Initial investigations revealed moderate damage to the residential building. The fire department anticipated residents in several condo units will be displaced.
The fire department remained on scene to shore up the damaged building and be on standby while the tractor-trailer was removed.
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