Umme Habiba Begum, 58, dies after SUV crash with tractor trailer in Dumfries, Virginia
Woman dies after crash with tractor trailer in Dumfries
On Monday afternoon, Begum was driving a 2012 Toyota RAV4 east from the Princeton Woods Shopping Center toward Wayside Drive when, for unknown reasons, she went over the median, according to a department press release.
The SUV went over the median and across the eastbound lanes, striking two pedestrian signals, the release said. Police said Begum’s vehicle then traveled north in the southbound lanes of Jefferson Davis Highway, where it collided with a 2001 Mack tractor trailer.
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