82-year-old driver dies after Infiniti hits traffic signal pole in Burke

Daniel Locke Jr., 82, died on Halloween after his car struck a traffic signal pole on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke. The Fairfax County Police Department says the crash involved three vehicles and occurred on Saturday, October 31.

Locke was driving a 2014 Infiniti Q-70 south on the parkway when he made several lane changes before veering onto the right shoulder. According to the FCPD, the vehicle then struck a traffic signal pole at the Burke Lake Road intersection. The impact pushed the Infiniti into a 2007 Lexus RX 350 that was stopped at a red light on Burke Lake Road. That collision caused the Lexus to strike a 2024 Mazda MX-5.

Emergency crews arrived at the scene around 5:43 p.m. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units transported Locke to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The drivers of the Lexus and Mazda were not injured. In a press release issued on Sunday, the FCPD stated that detectives preliminarily believe speed was a factor in the crash. The department said alcohol did not appear to be a factor.

The crash is the second fatal collision at this specific intersection in the past month. On October 4, a 93-year-old man from Springfield died the day after the sedan he was riding in as a passenger collided with a 2017 Toyota 4Runner at the same location.

Preliminary state data shows at least 43 crash-related fatalities on Fairfax County roads in 2026. The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles database currently lists two deaths for October. However, FFXnow counts Locke as the fifth person killed in a crash that month, which would bring the annual total to 46. The FCPD’s Crash Reconstruction Unit is currently investigating the accident.