A rental truck shows the result of striking the Alexandria Avenue overpass on the George Washington Memorial Parkway on May 30. Photo by Michael K. Bohn
A rental truck full of Pella windows struck the Alexandria Avenue overpass on the George Washington Memorial Parkway on the morning of May 30. The vehicle, which is prohibited from using the Parkway, attempted to pass under the stone bridge in the outer, southbound lane. The collision ripped apart the truck’s body as the top of it struck the downward arch of the bridge. The driver offered no comment other than to say no one was injured.
Sgt. Anna Rose, public information officer for the U.S. Park Police, when queried just after the crash, said the organization does not keep statistics on truck-bridge incidents at Alexandria Avenue. The overpass is located between the Morningside Lane and Wellington Avenue intersections on the Parkway, and, as Mount Vernon residents will attest, has been the site of a number of such incidents over the years.