(Breaking update at 1:35 p.m.) A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Herndon last night, according to police.
Police say the 22-year-old motorcyclist, Donald Baker, of Sterling, crashed near the McLearen exit on northbound Route 28. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Baker was operating a 2021 Suzuki motorcycle and accelerated when he lost control, struck a guardrail and was thrown from the vehicle, said police, who responded just before midnight.
Officers are on scene of a fatal motorcycle crash on NB 28 near McLearen Rd exit in Herndon. Driver of motorcycle was taken to the hospital & pronounced deceased. Preliminarily, no other vehicle involved. One NB lane on 28 open. Please use other route. pic.twitter.com/XupsH2PsaH
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) October 1, 2021
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the county’s Crash Reconstruction Unit at 703-280-0543. People can also submit anonymous tips to Crime Solvers by phone, text and online.
Police said a preliminary investigation found no evidence of alcohol or drugs contributing to the crash.
It’s the 11th non-pedestrian fatality in the county this year.
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