Listen to WTOP every 10 minutes on the 8s to get the latest traffic updates. A person is dead after a car crashed off a ramp at the Springfield Interchange and fell onto the railroad tracks below in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Tuesday. The car was driving westbound on Interstate 495 toward Interstate 395 north when it went over a cement barrier near Exit 170B at around 1:15 a.m., according to Virginia State Police spokesperson Corinne Geller. The car landed upside down on the VRE tracks below and caught on fire, police said. The driver, who was the only person in the car, did not survive. The person hasn’t been publicly identified.
#BREAKING @VSPPIO on scene of car off road and down onto railroad tracks at I395 ramp from I495. Exit 57 shutdown on I495S @LindsNance @wusa9 @VSPPIO @AnnieYuTV @DCAllisontv @chesterlampkin pic.twitter.com/TZYFy1KSKr
— Mark Bost (@obedienttither) May 2, 2023
Both directions of the Beltway were unable to access I-395 for a few hours, but WTOP’s Traffic Center reported that the ramps reopened by 5 a.m. WTOP’s Luke Lukert, who reported from a nearby train station, said VRE operations don’t appear to be affected. Lukert said he saw a train going toward the area of the crash. Police are investigating what caused the accident.
