One Hospitalized, One Jailed Following 4-Car Accident

Update, 11:25 a.m

Vienna resident Jose Marquez has been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and refusing to submit to a Breathalyzer test. He did not have car insurance and had also failed to update his driver's license, Sgt. Joseph Johnson said.

At 7:32 a.m., Marquez was driving a white Ford van at about 40 mph, heading eastbound on Fairfax Boulevard when he crashed into a Jeep, which was stopped for traffic. Johnson said Marquez did not brake before crashing into the Jeep.

Marquez's Ford van then sideswiped a Honda Accord, and finally crashed into the rear end of a Lexus.

Marquez, 28, lives at 118 Patrick St. SE in Vienna. He is being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on a $2,500 cash bond.

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Sgt. Joseph Johnson with the confirmed there was a four-car vehicle accident near the intersection of Route 123 and Fairfax Boulevard earlier Tuesday morning.

One person involved in the accident has been hospitalized with slight, non-life-threatening injuries. The driver who caused the accident is currently in jail.

Johnson said he expects the department to release more details about this crash later today. Stay tuned to Patch for the latest news on the accident.