A 2,300-mile trek by Buddhist monks advocating for unity and compassion will soon enter Fairfax County.
The Walk for Peace is currently scheduled to arrive in Lorton at Richmond Highway and Furnace Road on Sunday (Feb. 8) around 8 a.m., according to the Fairfax County Police Department, which will provide an escort for the pilgrimage while it’s in the county’s borders.
One man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash this afternoon (Friday) after striking a police cruiser stopped at a traffic light in Braddock.
The 57-year-old man was driving east in a Toyota Camry when he struck the Fairfax County Police Department vehicle around 1:09 p.m. at the intersection of Braddock Road and Prestwick Drive, police said.
A driver is in critical condition after crashing into an electric pole on Hunter Mill Road in Oakton, police say.
The crash involved a single vehicle that ran into a utility pole just south of Lawyers Road. A Fairfax Alerts message suggests it occurred around 2 p.m.
A pedestrian was hospitalized after a crash in Vienna that triggered delays along the town’s busiest thoroughfare this morning (Friday).
Vienna Police responded to the intersection of Nutley Street SW and Maple Avenue West at around 6:15 a.m. after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle heading north on Maple.
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.
Another pedestrian has been killed in a crash on Fairfax County roads.
Officers were dispatched for a crash involving a pedestrian at Route 29 and Braxton Wood Court, just north of the Providence Place (formerly Pan Am) shopping center, in Merrifield at 6:48 p.m. on Monday (Dec. 29), according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
Fairfax County police are investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was found this morning (Tuesday) in the median of Fairfax County Parkway.
The adult man was discovered lying in the median near Old Plains Road just northwest of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital by a community member who spotted the body while driving and called 911, Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jesse Katzman said in a briefing.
One person has died and three other people were injured Monday morning (Dec. 15) in a crash involving a taxi, a Metrobus and a van on Richmond Highway in Groveton.
Police received multiple calls reporting a crash in the 6300 block of Richmond Highway shortly after 10 a.m., Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jesse Katzman said in a media update around 1 p.m.
Snow has arrived in Fairfax County, creating slick, dangerous roads during this morning’s rush hour.
Richmond Highway has been closed in both directions in the Lorton area after “several vehicles … spun out” on the snow-covered road, the Fairfax County Police Department said shortly after 8 a.m.
One person is dead and three other people are injured after an apparently alcohol-fueled crash on Worldgate Drive in Herndon that involved an ambulance.
A worker on the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s ambulance 436 reported around 4:02 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 25) that they were “involved” in a collision at the intersection of Worldgate Drive and Alton Square outside WorldGate Plaza, according to scanner traffic.
