A child has been hospitalized after they were hit by a driver just down the road from Chantilly High School.
Fairfax County police officers responded to the intersection of Stringfellow Road and Poplar Tree Road around 5:09 p.m. for the crash, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.
“It’s going to be an approximately 8-year-old versus a red Ford F150,” an officer said on the scanner.
The pedestrian was taken to a hospital, but they are now in stable condition, a Fairfax County Police Department spokesperson says. The driver, an adult man, remained at the scene, according to police.
The left-turn lane from Stringfellow Road to Poplar Tree was shut down for police to investigate the crash, but the road reopened around 6:26 p.m., the FCPD said.
Officers are on scene of a traffic crash at Poplar Tree Rd and Stringfellow Rd in Chantilly. The driver, an adult male, struck a juvenile pedestrian. The juvenile was transported to the hospital. The driver remained on scene. [1/2] pic.twitter.com/HNyKkEfxT4
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) December 21, 2023
Image via Google Maps
