Tag: accidents
Virginia state trooper strikes pedestrian in Annandale
A Virginia State Police trooper struck a pedestrian in Annandale around 2:41 a.m. Saturday, April 26, according to news reports. The woman, a 25-year-old Annandale resident, was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police didn’t release the names of the victim or the trooper. The police officer was reportedly exiting from the northbound … Continued
Car crashes into Treasure Trove
Damage inside Treasure Trove. UPDATE: The store reopened on Feb. 25. The Treasure Trove consignment shop in Annandale has been closed since Saturday afternoon when a car drove through the front of the store. Some bricks were knocked out of alignment and there was damage inside (including broken glass and merchandise knocked off shelves), although … Continued
Water main break in Columbia Pines
There was a water main break Sunday, Dec. 15, at about 9 p.m., on Murray Lane near the intersection with Bruce Lane in the Columbia Pines neighborhood in Annandale. It was captured it on video by Bob Kovacs, who has produced a lot of material for the Annandale Arts You Tube channel and happens to … Continued
Winter grips Annandale in icy fingers
Winter weather has finally arrived in Annandale, with sleet, freezing rain, and snow, making for some headaches on Monday, Dec. 9, including traffic tie-ups, downed trees, a power outage in the Columbia Pines area, and a large sink hole on Hummer Road near Pleasant Way, caused by a water main break. A car got stuck … Continued
November is the top month for deer-vehicle collisions
A car damaged in a collision with a deer. [FCPD photo] Be careful driving. November is deer breeding season, which means there are more deer on the roadways. In November 2012, there were 27 deer-vehicle collisions in Fairfax County, which is more than another month, reports the Fairfax County Police Department. December had the next-highest … Continued
Gas leak on Columbia Pike disrupts preschool at Annandale church
Washington Gas crews repair the damage to a gas line on Columbia Pike. Things are back to normal at Annandale United Methodist Church, but “yesterday was a nightmare,” said Diana Dzikiewicz, the church’s media specialist. Construction workers accidentally damaged a gas line on Columbia Pike in the afternoon just before parents were scheduled to pick … Continued
Major sewage spill at Holmes Run and Cameron Run
Dead fish in Dora Kelley Nature Park. [Photo by Mark Kelly.] UPDATE: A notice from Fairfax County urges people to avoid Holmes Run stream between Columbia Pike and Dowden Terrace. A sanitary sewer line has broke at Holmes Run, and the City of Alexandria has published a warning urging people to “avoid contact with waters … Continued
Accidental house fire in Annandale displaces three
4942 Andrea Ave. is close to Long Branch Park. [Photo from Google Maps.] A fire in a house at 4942 Andrea Ave., Annandale, Monday, Sept. 23, was accidental and was caused by a torch used by a worker in the basement, according to investigators from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. When firefighters arrived … Continued
Mason police officer fabricated story about hit and run accident
Some people thought it was fishy when the Mason District Police announced that an officer was involved in a hit and run accident in Annandale May 12 and asked if anyone had seen it. They were right. An investigation by Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit has determined that no other vehicle was involved in the … Continued
Pedestrian and bicyclist accidents rising in Fairfax County
A bicyclist on Columbia Pike in Annandale. Accidents involving pedestrians and bicycles in Fairfax County are rising, according to statistics from the Police Department. The number of cyclists involved in crashes increased from 85 in 2011 to 106 in 2012. There have been 45 so far this year. There were 201 accidents involving pedestrians in … Continued
Crane falls on roof of Canterbury Woods Elementary School
Crane hits the roof of Canterbury Woods Elementary School [photo from WUSA]. A small crane crashed onto the roof of Canterbury Woods Elementary School in Annandale at about 8:40 a.m., June 4, just before students were scheduled to arrive, according to news reports. Staff members were in the building at the time; no one was … Continued
Information sought in hit and run accident involving police cruiser
The Mason Police District is seeking information from the public on a vehicle that was involved in a hit and run accident on Gallows Road in Annandale May 12. The police cruiser was traveling southbound on Gallows Road at around 12:30 a.m. when an unknown vehicle traveling westbound on Masonville Drive ignored a stop sign … Continued
Young boy in street killed by car
A four-year-old boy was killed as he was attempting to cross the street at the 6300 block of Stevenson Avenue in the west end of Alexandria Saturday, May 4, the Alexandria Police Department reports. According to a police department news release, an 84-year-old man was driving a 2010 Jeep Commander eastbound on Stevenson Avenue when … Continued
Pedestrian struck and killed in Bailey’s Crossroads
A man was struck and killed by a car as he attempted to cross Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads at 10:50 p.m. on April 4. The victim hasn’t been identified yet, pending notification to next of kin, says Lucy Caldwell, spokesperson for the Fairfax County Police Department. The accident happened at 5857 block of Leesburg … Continued
Mason police officer injured in crash identified
Dinh The Mason police officer seriously injured in a head-on collision Feb. 28 in Annandale has been identified as Long “Junior” V. Dinh. Officer Dinh’s cruiser was crushed, trapping him in the drivers’ compartment as he was responding to a police pursuit of an aggressive driver. “The impact of the collision created several serious injuries,” … Continued