Driver, 30, Dies, 6-Year-Old Front Seat Passenger Critical In Fauquier County Crash

A 30-year-old man died and his 6-year-old front seat front seat passenger seriously hurt in a Fauquier County crash over the weekend, police said.

Joshua A Farmer, of Amissville, was airlifted to INOVA Fairfax after rear-ending a Freightliner tractor-trailer that was stopped at a red light in a 2017 Honda Accord, just before 6 p.m. on Route 29 (Lee Highway) on Sunday, May 19, Virginia State Police said.

Farmer was not wearing a seatbelt. A 6-year-old girl in the front seat was not in a proper child restraint device, police said. She was taken to Fauquier Health for treatment.

The driver of the Freightliner, a 47-year-old male from Bowie, MD, was not injured in the crash. He was wearing a seatbelt.

The crash remains under investigation.