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Driver Killed in Beltway Collision with Tractor Trailer

Early Thursday morning, November 13, a young woman from Burke, Virginia, 21-year-old Ryan Monahan, was killed on the beltway in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County.  The initial report is that Monahan was traveling in the center lane of the outer loop near Van Dorn Street when she tried to change into the left lane in front of a tractor-trailer.  The driver of the tractor-trailer, who was not hurt in the collision, said that he swerved in an attempt to keep from hittting the Toyota sedan driven by Ms. Monahan, but that he was too colose and could not prevent the collision.

Ms. Monahan was not wearing a seatbelt.

The initial investigation report sounds like the tractor-trailer was in the left lane.  My question is what was the tractor-trailer doing in the left lane?  Is this an area of the beltway where tractor-trailers are allowed to be in the left lane?