Man charged with DUI in crash that killed two

Published September 5, 2009 4:00am ET



A 26-year-old Stafford man was charged with drunken driving in connection with a two-vehicle crash that killed two people in Prince William County.

Police said William J. Mallory was behind the wheel of a Ford Explorer that rear-ended a Saturn Ion, knocking the car through a fence and killing passengers 2-year-old Jonathan Wade-Ortiz, 2, and 60-year-old Rebecca L. Sacras, of Alexandria.

Mallory was charged with driving under the influence. He is being held without bond and is pending a court date. The investigation continues.

— Scott McCabe