A man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the July 2023 crash that killed 17-year-old Rebekah Zarco, of Burke, Virginia, according to Fairfax County prosecutors.

Jose Zelaya, 44, was driving 87 mph in a 40 mph zone on July 18, 2023, in the crash that killed Zarco, who was driving her younger brother and two close friends. Zarco’s sibling and the two friends were injured, but survived.

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Zelaya was traveling westbound on Burke Centre Parkway in a Cadillac XTS4 sedan when he crashed into Zarco’s Kia Forte. Zarco, a graduate of James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary

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