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Kenneth Crosby Jr.

Age : 61

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 03/18/2021

Location : Interstate 95 Express Lanes near mile marker 155

City : Dale City

County : Prince William

State : Virginia

Agency : Virginia State Police

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander driver killed in police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Virginia State Police attempted to stop a Dodge Avenger driven by Stephanie T. Morton for traveling 80 mph in a posted 65 mph zone on northbound Interstate 95 near mile marker 127 in Spotsylvania County. Morton continued away and troopers pursued.
NARRATIVE:
On 03/18/2021, 61-year-old Kenneth Crosby Jr. of Dumfries was killed when a Dodge Avenger fleeing Virginia State Police traveled the wrong direction on the Interstate 95 Express Lanes and struck his Ford Ranger head-on in Prince William County. Crosby was an uninvolved motorist traveling southbound in the proper direction.

Crosby was a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who had served 24 years in the Marine Corps and later worked at the Pentagon for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He had left work shortly before the collision and was driving home to Dumfries.

At approximately 4:33 p.m., a Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop Morton's Dodge for traveling 80 mph in a posted 65 mph zone on northbound Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County. Morton continued away and a pursuit began.

The initial trooper terminated the pursuit after approximately two minutes because of heavy traffic. Morton continued north using the left shoulder. Troopers farther north subsequently encountered Morton and initiated another pursuit when traffic was lighter. Police reported that Morton reached approximately 100 mph.

Morton then crashed through three illuminated warning gates and entered the I-95 Express Lanes traveling north while the lanes were configured exclusively for southbound traffic. The pursuing state trooper did not enter the Express Lanes behind her.

Near mile marker 155, Morton's wrong-way Dodge collided head-on with Crosby's southbound Ford Ranger. The impact forced Crosby's pickup off the Express Lanes and over a guardrail. Crosby died at the scene.
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Morton and her passenger, 26-year-old Tia O. Porter, were also killed. Two additional southbound vehicles collided with the Dodge after the initial impact, causing the Dodge to catch fire. Other occupants sustained injuries.

The 03/18/2021 Prince William County FARS entry documenting three fatalities corresponds with this Virginia State Police pursuit crash.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/three-killed-in-crash-on-interstate-95-in-prince-william-county/2021/03/18/4dc47dac-8858-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/3-dead-after-fiery-multi-vehicle-crash-in-prince-william-county
https://www.potomaclocal.com/2021/03/18/3-killed-in-fiery-crash-on-express-lanes-at-dale-city/