2 Killed, 1 Seriously Injured in Crash on Van Dorn Street Outside Alexandria

Two people were killed and a third person injured early Sunday morning when a car crashed into a bridge pillar on Van Dorn Street near Vine Street, police said.

Devin Austin, 21, of Triangle, and Aminata Sesay, 23, of Alexandria, were pronounced dead at the scene, Fairfax County Police spokesman Bud Walker said in a news release. A backseat passenger who was not identified was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Austin was driving a 1995 Lexus ES300 at about 3:05 a.m Sunday northbound on Van Dorn Street when he approached a railroad bridge underpass, Walker said. The car struck a concrete bridge pillar.

Walker said that preliminary investigation indicates that speed may have been a factor in the crash. The police crash reconstruction unit is investigating.