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Alexandria | One dead after Cadillac strikes exit sign, goes airborne

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A single-vehicle crash involving a Cadillac on Interstate 495 in Alexandria early Sunday morning killed the driver of the XTS.

Tyneeka L. Strickland, 34, of Capitol Heights, Md., died at the scene.

The crash occurred at 5:15 a.m. at the 177-mile marker.

According to Virginia State Police, the Cadillac XTS was traveling westbound on I-495 when it went off the side of the road and struck a guardrail and an exit sign. The collision caused the vehicle to go airborne before landing in a ditch.

Strickland was not wearing a seatbelt.

The crash remains under investigation.

 

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