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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (ABC7) — Officials have identified the victim that died in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on Saturday morning on I-66.
Joseph M. Castellano, 28, of Mclean, Virginia died at the scene. His wife, who was in the passenger seat of the Toyota Rav4, was flown to a trauma center in DC and is being treated for life-threatening injuries.
Officials say the series of chain-reaction crashes happened at 10:58 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 66 east of Exit 53 (for Route 28).
The crash involved five sedans, one SUV, one pickup truck and a tractor-trailer that overturned. A 2007 BMW sedan was traveling west on I-66 when it struck the vehicle in front of it. The BMW then collided with a westbound tractor-trailer.
The tractor-trailer then collided with several vehicles, to include a Toyota Rav4, before overturning in the roadway.
The Toyota Rav4 ran off the right side of I-66 and over the Jersey wall, at which point it caught fire.
The driver of the BMW, Jonathyn R. Bland, 40, of Centerville, Virginia has been charged with reckless driving. He was transported to Reston Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Shahbaz Singh, 34, of Fairfax, Virginia has also been charged with reckless driving. He was transported to Reston Hospital for treatment of serious, but non-life threatening, injuries.
The three other individuals transported to Reston Hospital - one had serious, but non-life threatening injuries; and other two suffered minor injuries.