A teenage pedestrian has succumbed to injuries he sustained after being struck by a vehicle near Chantilly High School last week.
The Fairfax County Police Department announced yesterday (Wednesday) that the teen died on Tuesday (Nov. 10) from his injuries.
According to the FCPD, the teen was attempting to cross from the east side of Stringfellow Road to the west reportedly outside of a marked crosswalk on Nov. 4 when he was hit by a Volkswagen traveling north. He was taken to the hospital after the crash with life-threatening injuries.
“Victim specialists from our Major Crimes Bureau’s Victim Services Division are providing support and resources to the families involved in this crash,” the FCPD said in a press release.
Fairfax County Public Schools has not confirmed whether the teenager was a student at Chantilly High, but the crash occurred not long after dismissal, around 3:12 p.m. WJLA reported that the driver and the pedestrian were classmates at the school.
The Volkswagen driver was not injured and remained at the scene following the crash. Detectives from the FCPD’s Crash Reconstruction Unit are still investigating whether the driver might’ve been speeding, but preliminarily, alcohol has been ruled out as a factor in the crash.
Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Crash Reconstruction Unit at 703-280-0543.
According to preliminary state data, the teen is the 17th pedestrian killed in a crash in Fairfax County so far this year. Counting two crashes that killed people using mobility devices — which don’t appear to be recorded by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles as “pedestrian involved” crashes — would bring the death toll up to 19 people.
There have also now been at least five crashes in 2026 that resulted in the death of a teen or child.
On Sept. 9, a 13-year-old Frost Middle School student was killed after they were struck by a garbage truck driver while riding an e-bike, and a crash on July 23 killed a 9-year-old on an e-scooter. In addition, a toddler and their parents died following a May 17 collision on Route 123 in Oakton, and a 16-year-old was among three people killed in a March 14 crash in Reston.
