Update on 12/14/16 — The driver of the car was cited for failure to yield, said Arlington County Police Department spokeswoman Ashley Savage. The victims’ injuries are reported to be non-life-threatening.
“Mother and child struck were walking in the crosswalk,” Savage said, describing the circumstances of the crash. “[The] vehicle driver reported not seeing the pedestrians.”
Earlier: Washington Blvd is currently closed at N. Inglewood Street due to a pedestrian-involved crash.
Initial reports suggest a 40-year-old woman and a child were struck by a car near the intersection, in the Tara-Leeway Heights neighborhood, just after 6:15 p.m. A caller heard the sound of the crash, saw the woman lying in the street, and called 911, according to scanner traffic.
The woman was reported to have a leg injury and was bleeding from the head, while the child was found sitting on the sidewalk. Both were alert and conscious, but the exact extent of their injuries was not immediately clear.
The woman and the child were transported via ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital. That’s despite the crash happening not far from Virginia Hospital Center, which is considered less equipped to handle serious trauma patients.
Police remain on scene investigating the crash.There is a crosswalk at the intersection, but it’s unclear where the victims were struck.
Traffic is being diverted at N. Harrison Street and at Patrick Henry Drive.
Pedestrian struck: Intersection of Washington Blvd. and N. Inglewood St. E102, M102, EMS112 responding.
— LincolnACFD (@LincolnACFD) December 13, 2016
UPDATE: E102 on scene reporting they have two patients. M104 has also been added to the call.
— LincolnACFD (@LincolnACFD) December 13, 2016
Arlington: Washington Blvd CLOSED between Patrick Henry Dr and N Harrison St due to accident. Follow police direction #vatraffic
— WTOP Traffic (@WTOPtraffic) December 13, 2016
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