Virginia State have announced charges against a Woodbridge man accused of killing a pedestrian in a fatal crash on I-495 west in Fairfax on Sunday, March 10.
At around 3:30 a.m., Gregory B,. Bruington, Jr., a 30-year-old Newport News man, was on the left shoulder of the highway at the 175-mile marker changing the tire on a 2017 VW Golf.
Carlos Lisandro Nunez-Morales was driving a 2003 Dodge Ram when he ran off the road to the left and hit Bruington, VSP reported.
Bruington died at the scene.
There was a passenger in the Golf, 24-year-old Hailey Frazier, who was injured despite wearing a seatbelt at the time, according to VSP.
Nunez-Morales was not wearing a seatbelt and also suffered injuries that VSP described as minor.
Nunez-Morales, who is 26, is facing charges for DUI: 2nd offense in 5 years, involuntary manslaughter, and driving revoked/suspended.
Court records show his bond hearing scheduled for yesterday, March 13, was continued and he is currently still incarcerated.
VSP said the investigation is still ongoing.
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