Taxi Fiesta’s Victor Arevalo remembered after fatal Mountville Road crash
The 72-year-old Adamstown resident helped build a taxi service for Spanish-speaking customers. Investigators say the collision was unrelated to data center construction.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
Victor Arevalo, 72, of Adamstown, died after his Taxi Fiesta minivan struck an equipment trailer Monday. He helped establish and expand the taxi service with his son, serving Spanish-speaking customers. The crash remains under investigation. The sheriff’s office says it was unrelated to data center construction traffic.
Victor Arevalo built his working life around being someone customers and family could count on. The 72-year-old Adamstown resident, who helped establish Taxi Fiesta for Spanish-speaking customers in the Frederick area, died after a crash Monday on Mountville Road.
The Frederick News-Post reports that Arevalo’s Honda Odyssey struck an equipment trailer around 1:51 p.m. in the 5200 block. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Former Yellow Cab of Frederick co-owner Blaine Young remembered Arevalo as a dependable driver, hardworking businessman and devoted family man.
Arevalo helped develop Taxi Fiesta alongside his son, Jorge Perez. Established around 2008 as a Yellow Cab division, the service addressed language barriers that Spanish-speaking customers faced when arranging transportation.
According to earlier reporting cited by the newspaper, Arevalo came to the United States from Guatemala in 1994 and later moved from California to Frederick. He became a naturalized citizen in 2009. By 2011, he and Perez had expanded Taxi Fiesta to four orange cabs and recruited four additional bilingual drivers.
Perez confirmed that the minivan involved in the crash belonged to the company but declined further comment. Young said he did not know the service’s current ownership structure.
The Sheriff’s Office says the equipment trailer was parked just east of a hill crest near a residence where a private driveway was being paved. Spokesperson Katie Robine said it was unattached to another vehicle. There were some cones around it, but no warning before the hill crest, she said.
Crews worked about 15 minutes to free Arevalo. Approximately 20 emergency personnel responded, and no one else was injured.
The Traffic Unit is investigating. Preliminary findings do not indicate drugs or alcohol were contributing factors, but officials had not determined publicly what caused the collision, whether speed played a role or whether charges were anticipated.
The Sheriff’s Office specifically said the crash was not connected to data center construction or associated truck traffic.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy First Class Mitchell at 301-600-1046 or CMitchell1@FrederickCountyMD.gov.
WHAT IT MEANS
This updates the earlier report that the driver was critically injured and identifies a community member whose work helped residents access transportation. The reported trailer conditions do not by themselves establish legal responsibility for the crash.
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