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Pedestrian and Bicycle Accidents

11/17/2008
Sandra Rohrstaff, Partner
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Pedestrian Dies After Being Hit by a Garbage Truck in a Parking Lot

A McLean woman died last week after being hit by a garbage truck on October 15.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, Mon-Hua Mona Kuo, 65 years old, of the 6800 block of Wise Street in McLean, was hit by the truck in a parking lot at 1545 Chain Bridge Road on Oct. 15, shortly before 7 a.m.

Kuo had parked her car and was walking across the parking lot when a 44-year-old Stafford man operating a 2005 Mack trash truck made a left turn into the lot and hit Kuo with the right front corner of the truck, knocking her to the ground.

Police did not release the driver’s name because the accident is still under investigation. No charges have been filed.

Kuo died as a result of her injuries at Inova Fairfax Hospital on Oct. 21.

Speed and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash, according to police. The incident is the 19th fatal crash in Fairfax County this year.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, pedestrian safety is a high priority for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. The Board currently has a Pedestrian Task Force and a pedestrian safety program.

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Truck Accidents

11/17/2008
Sandra Rohrstaff, Partner
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Driver Killed in Beltway Collision with Tractor Trailer

Early Thursday morning, November 13, a young woman from Burke, Virginia, 21-year-old Ryan Monahan, was killed on the beltway in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. The initial report is that Monahan was traveling in the center lane of the outer loop near Van Dorn Street when she tried to change into the left lane in front of a tractor-trailer. The driver of the tractor-trailer, who was not hurt in the collision, said that he swerved in an attempt to keep from hittting the Toyota sedan driven by Ms. Monahan, but that he was too colose and could not prevent the collision.

Ms. Monahan was not wearing a seatbelt.

The initial investigation report sounds like the tractor-trailer was in the left lane. My question is what was the tractor-trailer doing in the left lane? Is this an area of the beltway where tractor-trailers are allowed to be in the left lane?

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