A man on a bike was injured in a crash along Wilson Blvd in the Bluemont neighborhood this afternoon.
The incident happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. at the intersection with N. Lexington Street. Initial reports suggest that a driver struck the cyclist in the intersection, sending him hurtling to the ground.
The firefighter hurt while battling a three-alarm house fire in Country Club Hills on Sunday is out of the hospital after surgery.
The firefighter suffered a broken femur, had surgery Monday and was discharged on Wednesday, an Arlington County Fire Department spokesperson tells ARLnow. He is recovering at home with his family.
Firefighters from Arlington and neighboring jurisdictions battled a house fire in the Country Club Hills neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
The blaze was reported just after 1 p.m. amid heavy rain and at least one nearby lightning strike, though the cause of the fire is not currently known. Arriving firefighters found heavy smoke coming from a house set well back from the street.
A student suffered a serious leg injury after being struck by the driver of a pickup truck near Washington-Liberty High School this morning.
The crash happened just after 8 a.m., near the intersection of N. Quincy Street and 14th Street. The circumstances of the crash are unclear but the student was quickly taken via ambulance to the trauma center at Virginia Hospital Center.
A 34-year-old Arlington man is behind bars and facing numerous charges after police say he injured half a dozen officers and a police dog.
Oleh Mashkin entered a condo building on Columbia Pike around 6 p.m. Friday, shoved someone out of an elevator, and then kicked down the door of an unoccupied apartment, according to Arlington County police.
A firefighter was hospitalized after battling a house fire in Ballston Wednesday evening.
The fire broke out in the attic of a home at the corner of Washington Blvd and N. Stuart Street.
A house fire in Westover sent one person to the hospital Thursday night.
The blaze was reported around 7:30 p.m., in the basement of a home on the 5900 block of 16th Street N., about two blocks away from Westover’s shops and restaurants.
A house fire in the Fairlington neighborhood sent three firefighters to the hospital Sunday evening.
The fire broke out shortly before 5:45 p.m. in a townhouse on the 4100 block of 36th Street S., near the Alexandria border. While battling the flames, a firefighter fell through the floor — from the second floor to the first, according to radio traffic — and a mayday was called.
A teen boy was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Virginia Square shortly after school dismissal on Tuesday.
Initial reports suggest the teen was biking along Wilson Blvd on a Capital Bikeshare bike when he was struck by a driver in a Toyota sedan. He was reported to be dazed and bleeding from the head.
Two people were hurt and a car was damaged as a result of an after-school fight in the Ballston area yesterday.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Washington Blvd and N. Stafford Street, near the Washington-Liberty High School football field. It was categorized by police as an “assault by mob.”
A man has been hospitalized after crashing while riding a scooter this morning.
The crash happened around 10:30 a.m. on Washington Blvd at 19th Road N., near Westover. There was reportedly no vehicle involved — the man fell off the scooter while riding. It happened near an uneven section of road that is apparently being repaved.
A motorcyclist suffered a significant injury this afternoon after a crash near Ballston that was caught on camera.
The crash happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of N. Glebe Road and Washington Blvd.
