Driver dies after single-vehicle crash on Lee Highway in Gainesville

Prince William County police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Lee Highway and Pageland Lane in Gainesville.

Officers responded about 12:23 a.m.

Saturday to the intersection after a 2023 Hyundai Tucson traveling north on Lee Highway at a high rate of speed veered off the roadway and struck a tree.

The driver, identified as Assiatou Barry, 39, of Loudoun County, was pronounced dead at the scene.