FAUQUIER COUNTY, VA – A Manassas motorcyclist died Monday after a police chase in Fauquier County, Virginia state police said. Jose Manuel Delgado Alva, a 22-year-old Manassas resident, died after a motorcycle accident on Route 29.
Fauquier County MPs said they tried to stop a motorcycle traveling north on Route 29 on Monday, June 28. In a press release, authorities alleged that the motorcycle was “driven recklessly”.
Near Block 10600 on Marsh Road, a MP activated his emergency kit and tried to stop the motorcycle, the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook. Authorities said the motorcycle did not stop and the deputy started chasing the motorcycle.
The motorcycle continued on the James Madison Highway, where other police officers helped in the chase.
“As a result, the motorcyclist was involved in a traffic accident on the 7600 block of the east bypass,” the sheriff’s office wrote. The motorcycle, a 2007 Suzuki GXR, attempted to turn into a crossover near Comfort Inn Drive but lost control, according to Virginia State Police.
The motorcycle drove through the median and headed south on Route 29, where it encountered two cars: a 2017 Chevy Cruse and a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country. The drivers of the two cars reported minor injuries, the sheriff’s office announced.
Delgado Alva, who operated the motorcycle, died at the scene of the accident, according to Virginia State Police. He was wearing a helmet.
The incident is currently being investigated by the Virginia State Police at the request of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. “The Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office will conduct an internal review of the incident as per our policy,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.
From 1996 to 2015, an average of one person died each day in an accident-related police persecution across the country, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.