Crime & Safety

Cause and Manner of Death Revealed in Lewinsville Road Crash

Cheri Cusumano of McLean died on Sept. 18 when her car swerved on Lewinsville Road, hit a tree and burst into flames.

A McLean woman who died in a single vehicle car crash on Lewinsville Road on Sept. 18 was killed by blunt trauma to the neck, trunk and extremities, the Virginia Medical Examiner's office revealed Tuesday.

Cheri Cusumano, 52, swerved off Lewinsville Road during wet conditions just after noon on Sept. 18. Her 2011 Toyota Sienna hit a tree and burst into flames. The manner of her death was accidential, the medical examiner determined.

Cusumano worked as a dental hygienist at her husband Joseph's dental practice, Cusumano and Stuver, in Arlington.

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Funeral services were held Monday at St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean. Memorial donations can be made to www.cheriscusumanofoundationforchildren.org


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