The Arlington County Police Department’s Critical Accident Team is investigating a fatal single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle, that occurred on the evening of July 3, 2020.
At approximately 7:44 p.m. on July 3, 2020, police were dispatched to the area of Walter Reed Drive and S. Wakefield Street for multiple reports of a crash with injury. The preliminary investigation indicates that the motorcyclist was traveling southbound on Walter Reed Drive at a high rate of speed when he lost control, struck a pole and was thrown from the vehicle.
The motorcyclist, identified as Gilberto Portillo-Solorzano, 27, of Arlington, Va., was transported by medics to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. He later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.
This crash remains under investigation and anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact Detective J. Bartholomew of the Arlington County Police Department’s Critical Accident Team at 703-228-7012 or JBartholomew@arlingtonva.us.