For the second time in one day, Fairfax County police are investigating a pedestrian death resulting from a hit-and-run crash.
Officers responded around 9:48 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 7) to Richmond Highway at Mount Eagle Drive in Huntington after a pedestrian was reportedly struck by at least four vehicles.
The pedestrian — identified as 34-year-old Demarko Shamsiddin — was declared dead at the scene, and none of the drivers involved in the crash remained by the time police arrived, the Fairfax County Police Department said in an update released Thursday afternoon (Jan. 8).
According to the FCPD, a preliminary investigation indicates that Shamsiddin, who is described as having “no fixed address,” was moving in the northbound travel lanes of Richmond Highway (Route 1) when he was struck by the first vehicle.
“Video footage located nearby showed Shamsiddin acting erratically in the roadway, lying down and doing push-ups,” the FCPD said. “The driver of an unknown dark colored sedan was traveling northbound on Richmond Highway and struck Shamsiddin. He was subsequently struck by other vehicles.”
Northbound Richmond Highway was temporarily closed at the intersection where the crash occurred, near a row of hotels, so detectives with the department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit could investigate.
Police are still looking to identify the drivers involved with the crash, asking anyone with information to contact detectives at 703-280-0543.
Crash Reconstruction detectives are en route to investigate. Northbound lanes of Richmond Hwy at Mount Eagle Dr are closed. Please seek an alternate route. Call 911 w/ info. [2/2]
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) January 8, 2026
Earlier on Wednesday, another pedestrian identified as 34-year-old Christopher Young of Annandale died after suffering severe injuries in a crash on Little River Turnpike near Shelley Lane.
Police are looking for the driver responsible for that crash as well, also describing the vehicle that hit Young around 7 a.m. as an “unknown dark color sedan.”
A department spokesperson says “there is nothing to indicate” the same vehicle was involved in both crashes, despite the similar phrasing.
