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Woman in a wheelchair struck and killed in Virginia

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a driver Friday evening in Fairfax County, Virginia. A woman using a wheelchair…

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a driver Friday evening in Fairfax County, Virginia.

A woman using a wheelchair was hit at the intersection of Route 50 and Plaza Lane in the Fair Oaks area, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The driver stayed at the scene, investigators said.

The county’s Crash Reconstruction Unit went to the scene to investigate.

The crash caused major backups.