First responders transported a nine-year-old girl to the hospital as a precaution after a driver struck her in Del Ray early Friday evening (May 1).
The child did not sustain serious injuries, and the driver, who had a learner’s permit and was accompanied by a licensed driver, received a citation for failing to yield at a crosswalk, APD told ALXnow in an email.
The driver struck and pinned the child with a gray Toyota RAV4 near the intersection of Kennedy Street and Mount Vernon Avenue. The incident occurred at around 5 p.m., and the child was removed from underneath the vehicle at 5:10 p.m. before being transported to the hospital, according to a radio dispatch.
“The child did not sustain serious injuries but was transported to the hospital as a precaution,” an APD spokesperson said. “The driver, who was operating with a driver’s permit and accompanied by a licensed driver, remained on the scene and was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.”
Both directions of Mount Vernon Avenue were briefly shut down during the incident.
The incident follows a string of recent crashes involving pedestrians, including:
- April 22 — Hit-and-run in Taylor Run
- April 20 — A fatal crash in Old Town North
- April 15 — A driver struck a child on Sanger Avenue near William Ramsay Elementary School
- April 11 — A driver struck a pedestrian on N. Van Dorn Street while getting out of the way of an Alexandria Fire Department engine
- April 7 — A driver struck a pedestrian in the area of N. Van Dorn Street and Sanger Avenue
- April 4 — A driver was cited after striking a pedestrian in Del Ray
APD did not post about the incident on social media. Instead, the department posted social media warnings to only cross at crosswalks, make eye contact with drivers, wait for crossings and stay alert.
“Arrive alive,” APD posted on Facebook. “Nothing else matters. Everyone is a pedestrian, whether you’re walking to get in your car or taking the dog for a walk. As a pedestrian, you have the duty to yield. Pedestrians do not have the right-of-way when crossing outside of crosswalks.”
