A 27-year-old Northern Virginia man was killed Monday when he lost control of a car on a ramp to Interstate 495 in Fairfax County and hit a tree.

State police said David Mario Brandt of Annandale wrecked about 11:15 p.m. about 500 feet north of Gallows Road.

Virginia's 2007 highway death toll yesterday was 967, compared with 912 as of the same day last year.