ARLINGTON, Va. — A driver has been charged after a hit-and-run crash in Arlington left a motorcyclist injured Sunday afternoon.
Virginia State Police responded to Interstate 395 southbound, at the Pentagon, around 12:40 p.m. after a report of a crash involving a motorcycle. The motorcycle was traveling southbound on I-395 when it was hit by driver behind the wheel of a Honda van. The driver of the van then took off.
The driver of the motorcycle suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Through information provided by a witness to the crash, a trooper was able to identify and locate the van and its driver later the same day. Police charged the driver, identified as 45-year-old Fullas Abebe, of Falls Church, Virginia, with failure to stop at the scene of a crash causing injury.
The investigation into the crash remains active and ongoing.
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