Burke man charged in crash that killed sister

Published July 5, 2011 4:00am ET



A Burke man is charged with manslaughter after his sister died when he crashed into two trees while driving drunk, according to Fairfax County police.

Police said 27-year-old Hossein Ghaffari-Nik was driving on Shirley Gate Road near Mattie Moore Court when he struck a curb and lost control of his Mitsubishi Eclipse. The car struck a tree, spun and rotated onto the driver’s side and hit another tree, police said.

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