Md. man killed in McLean motorcycle crash

Published June 30, 2011 4:00am ET



A Hyattsville man was killed when his motorcycle hit a car head-on in McLean.

Fairfax County police said a 2001 Mercedes driving west on Georgetown Pike near Centrillion Drive crossed the center of the road and struck 58-year-old Brian Benson’s 1998 Triumph motorcycle head-on.

The crash happened at about 11 p.m. Wednesday Benson was taken to a hospital, where he died shortly before midnight, police said.

The Mercedes driver, 30-year-old Gabriel Arevalo-Melendez, of Sterling, has been charged with reckless driving.