Car Crashes Into Backyard, Killing One

A Reston man died early Sunday morning when his 1988 Oldsmobile Bravada crashed into the backyard of a home near Fairfax County Parkway and West Ox Road.

The driver, Arturo Cruz Zaldivar, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene when police arrived around 1:50 a.m. A 20-year-old male passenger was treated for minor injuries. Zaldivar was not wearing a seatbelt; the passenger was. This crash investigation is ongoing. Speed and alcohol appear to be factors.  

Police determined the vehicle was traveling north on the Fairfax County Parkway, just past the intersection of West Ox Road, when the driver lost control of the vehicle. The Bravada went off the left side of the road and rotated counter-clockwise. It traveled across the grass median and the southbound lanes of the Parkway then began to roll as it reached the shoulder of the road. It continued up the embankment, took out some trees and crashed through a wooden fence. The Bravada came to rest on its roof in the backyard of the home on the 13100 block of Lou Alice Way.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.