In the early hours of September 28, 2006, a black Lexus being driven by Saadet Muslu went off the southbound lane of the parkway near Spout Run and collided with trees along the roadway. The driver and front seat passenger received minor injuries and a man and woman in the back seat sustained serious injuries and were taken to local hospitals. The fifth occupant, 21-year-old Jesse Little of Great Falls, Virginia, who was also in the back seat, was pronounced dead at the scene. On Friday, July 27th, Muslu was sentenced in district court in Arlington, Virginia, on a count of involuntary manslaughter. The judge ordered her to spend five years in prison, with four years suspended. Park Police detectives Todd C. Reid and Michael Horman led the investigation; crash reconstruction was done by officer Janice Bindeman.
