Crime & Safety

Police Car Strikes Woman Near Reston Town Center: Police

A police car that had the green light struck a woman at an intersection near Reston Town Center, police say.

A police car that had the green light struck a woman at an intersection near Reston Town Center, police say.
A police car that had the green light struck a woman at an intersection near Reston Town Center, police say. (Image via FCPD)

RESTON, VA — A woman who may have been under the influence of alcohol crossed the street against the pedestrian crossing signal and was struck by a police car near Reston Town Center over the weekend, police say.

It happened at around 2 a.m. Sunday, when a police supervisor from the Reston District Station was driving southbound on Reston Parkway approaching the intersection of Sunset Hills Road, according to a report from the Fairfax County Police Department.

"The officer had the green traffic signal and was continuing straight through the intersection when a 42-year-old woman walked into the roadway against the pedestrian crossing signal and was struck," the report states. "The woman was taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries and the officer was uninjured."

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Police say it does not appear speed or alcohol were factors for the officer, but alcohol "may have been a factor for the pedestrian."

The incident happened near where a pedestrian was struck fatally in May 2018.

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