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DUI Teen Driver Arrested In Fatal Pedestrian Crash, Fairfax County Police Say
A DUI teenage driver has been charged in a Fairfax County crash that killed a 35-year-old pedestrian this weekend, authorities said.
The 17-year-old driver of a 2017 Jeep Cherokee was heading east on Lorton Road near Timarand Drive in Lortin, when he struck Jamar Caper, 35, of Alexandria, who was trying to cross Lorton Road around 10:35 p.m. Saturday, July 20, county police said.
Caper was hospitalized where he was pronounced dead.
The teen driver, meanwhile, remained at the scene and was arrested for DUI, police said. The driver was taken to the Fairfax County Juvenile Detentio…
Woman Dies After Being Assaulted, Hit By Car In Northwest DC, Police Say
The woman that was assaulted and hit by a car over the weekend in Northwest DC has died, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Anee Roberson, 30, has been identified as the person who was hospitalized on Saturday, Oct. 14 after a violent assault and pedestrian strike.
According to police, at around 4:20 a.m. on Saturday morning, officers were flagged down in front of the 900 block of U Street, where Roberson was down in the middle of the roadway.
Investigators say that the Northwest DC resident was assaulted by unknown suspects and was then struck by a passing car, which w…
DUI Maryland Driver Kills California Pedestrian In Arlington: Police
A 38-year-old Maryland man was drunk when he struck and killed a 71-year-old woman crossing the street in Arlington, VA on Monday night, May 22, authorities said.
Alvaro Alejandro Pacheco Ramos, of Columbia, struck Susan Hamlin, 71, of Aptos, CA, as she was crossing the 4800 block of King Street around 10:05 p.m., Arlington County police said.
Hamlin was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Ramos was charged with DUI/Involuntary Manslaughter. He is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility.
This remains an active investigation and anyone with…
Pedestrian Hit By Two Cars, Killed In Manassas Crash: Police
A pedestrian was hit by two cars in a fatal Manassas crash, police said.
On Sept. 23, before 10 p.m., Juan Torres Lizama, 54, tried to cross Sudley Road, when he was hit by a car, according to the Prince William County Police Department.
The Ford Escape that hit Lizama was heading south when the accident happened, authorities said.
After Lizama was hit by the Ford, he was then hit again by a Toyota Prius that was also driving southbound on Sudley Road, law enforcement reported.
Both drivers stayed at the scene and Lizama was taken to a local hospital where he later die…
