Pedestrian dies after being struck by car
The 70-year-old pedestrian struck by a car on Nov. 15 on Braddock Road, just west of Annandale, succumbed to her injuries on Dec. 4, the Fairfax County Police Department reports.
Ly Tran of Springfield was crossing Braddock Road from south to north within the crosswalk at Kings Park Drive on Nov. 15 when she was struck by a 2012 Toyota Rav4 driven by Willy Vaca Cardozo, 33, of Fairfax.
Tran was taken to the hospital for injuries originally not considered life-threatening. She passed away on Dec. 4.
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Cardozo made a right turn from Kings Park Drive onto eastbound Braddock Road when he struck Tran. He was charged the day of the crash with failing to yield to pedestrians within the right of way. Speed and alcohol were not factors in the crash.
This is the 21st pedestrian-related fatal crash in Fairfax County in 2022. Thirteen pedestrians were killed by vehicles in the county to date in 2021.
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What a horrific way to an unnecessary end of life. Just another strike by VDOT (Virginia Dept of Tragedy). This is just like gun violence, out of control. No one listens and people keep dying. VDOT, I hope you know that your hands are very dirty.
From the picture, this appears to be a standard 4-way intersection with a stoplight, just like you’d see anywhere in the world. No visible obstructions or other impediments to visibility. We can agree this is tragic, but how exactly is this VDOT’s fault?
It’s VDOT’s fault because it is easier to blame an acronym than to accept the reality people in this area are in a hurry, feel entitled, and don’t really care all that much about their fellow human beings when they are behind the wheel of a vehicle (regardless of whether it is gas or electric powered) and want to get some place … Yesterday.
On a regular basis I get closely followed and honked at for having the nerve to drive only 5 miles per hour over the stated limit and “holding up” some very important person who needs to be someplace … “right now”!!!
So yeah, that’s all the fault of the acronym VDOT.
Agree with a lot of what you said Susie! The perceived sense of entitlement, selfishness, and lack of compassion are disgustingly rampant on the roadways around here. Driving is panic inducing whether going a few miles or farther, always a hassle, always risking your life at an above average rate!
Having worked for the federal government I can confidently say that one of the main tasks of government agencies are to protect the public when the public cannot. That includes our roads. Roadways are the arteries that keep our national economy going and therefore we all need to use these whether we are in a car, bus, bicycle, wheelchair or walking. These need to be safe for all modals of transportation.
Although VDOT was not a direct cause of this incident they are indirectly responsible when the agency does little to nothing to affect the current driving modes in today’s environment. We all know that distracted driving is a huge issue and becoming a number one killer.
Fairfax City, Falls Church City, Alexandria City, Arlington County, Washington DC have all made huge strides of implementing more traffic calming measures than Fairfax County because this Country allows VDOT to determine implementation. These other municipalities have implemented many more traffic calming measures than what we have in Fairfax County, such as: pedestrian triggered crossing alerts at crosswalks, electronic speed check signs, roundabouts, speed humps, neck down intersections, outlawing right turn on red (soon to be outlawed in DC), roadway barriers between bike lanes and traffic, speed cameras, etc. Do they still have incidents, yes, but far less than what we have been experiencing in Mason District.
That is why we need more intervention from the BoS and our state legislators to get VDOT to aggressively operate within the norms of today’s vehicular, cycling and pedestrian transportation modes and habits in order to save lives, keep us safe and keep us moving.
Live Safely, I don’t agree with your comment. Fairfax County is significantly larger than Fairfax City, Falls Church City, Alexandria City, Arlington County, and Washington DC, COMBINED.
The residents of Fairfax County rely on their individual vehicles to get to where they are going much more than the citizens of these other jurisdictions because Fairfax County is not yet as urbanized (or as tiny as Fairfax City or the self-proclaimed “Little City” of Falls Church) as these jurisdictions.
Have you taken the time to add up all the pedestrians who have been killed in these other jurisdictions and compared them the the number in Fairfax County?
Have you calculated how much it would cost for Fairfax County to install throughout the County the traffic calming measures you promote from these other jurisdictions?
Your claim your federal government employment confers on you the right to speak “confidently” made me chuckle. In response, I will share that I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express just a few days ago, and that stay confers on me an even greater confidence to say that blaming anonymous, faceless, bureaucratic acronyms for the actions of arrogant, entitled, careless, and insensitive people is not the answer.
goodness another one? 21? what is happening this year. prayers to the family