fatal hit & run in Alexandria this morning - Braddock Rd & Commonwealth at 9am

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh dear lord. I am now going to yell.

SHE WAS STANDING NEXT TO HER PARKED MINIVAN ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET IN FRONT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT IS NOT RISKY BEHAVIOR.

By the way, PP, do you ever go anywhere in a car? That's very risky. If you get hit by a drunk driver, it will be partially your fault, for being in a car.

Was she on the sidewalk or standing in the street?

She was standing in the part of the street that is intended for people on foot to use.

It's a novel interpretation of risk minimization to say that people on foot must not ever step into the street.

What the hell does that even mean?

She was inside that white line for parked cars/drivers portion of the road.

I'm the PP who mentioned Ms Lawson. I'm sorry I brought it up again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds as though that poor woman didn't have a chance. I wonder what on earth caused that driver of the truck to drive like that? It's horrible the way that woman died but her own blood has left irrefutable evidence of what happened to her.

Gravel/dump/garbage truck drivers frequently drive like maniacs. I see it all the time.

[Anonymous]

Is there anymore word on who this lady was?

[Anonymous]

I can't find a link on WTOP, but I heard a horrible report there yesterday that the dump truck driver was seen trying to clean something off her car after the incident. So that suggests to me that she def. knew what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't find a link on WTOP, but I heard a horrible report there yesterday that the dump truck driver was seen trying to clean something off her car after the incident. So that suggests to me that she def. knew what happened.

It's here: Driver In Fatal Hit-and-Run Thought She Hit Animal: Court Documents

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Driver-In-Fatal-Hit-and-Run-Thought-She-Hit-Animal-Court-Documents-326522711.html

"The driver was headed towards a construction site near West Masonic View Drive to load construction gravel into the truck. She was allegedly seen cleaning matter off the mudflaps and undercarriage and covered them using gravel from the site.

A worker at the site told News4 he heard the woman say, "I think I hit an animal." After later hearing the story from the construction crew, he immediately called police."

Just awful.

[Anonymous]

I think she knew

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think she knew

And I think she'll get away with it.

[Anonymous]

No charges to be brought against driver:

https://twitter.com/AlexandriaVAPD/status/656906756648386560

[Anonymous]

FYI to all, Deb was neither a jogger, nor did she drive. She was intimately familiar with the area, and was following her regular walking route. Interesting to read all of the speculation from people who clearly did not know the "victim."
RIP DB, ironic way to leave this life with consideration to how you lived it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Victim was a female jogger with brown hair. Her body was split in half. Believed to be a truck that hit her. So awful.

SPlit in half? I probably don't want to know, but what does that mean? Poor woman.

It literally means her legs and feet were separate from her upper half. I didn't see it but two of my neighbors did. IMO there is NO WAY someone hits a person with their car/truck with that amount of force that doesn't know they hit someone.

We're there big snow piles?

[Anonymous]

Never mind. Old thread