Prince William County Police Department car
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) – An 8-year-old girl has died after police say she was hit by a car in the Woodbridge area of Prince William County.
According to the Prince William County Police Department, officers responded to the 12200 block of Nutmeg Court in the Woodbridge area around 6:07 p.m. on April 10 for a report of an accident involving a boy.
It was determined that the driver of a 2013 Mazda 3 was eastbound on Nutmeg Court when they struck an 8-year-old girl who was sitting in the roadway. The impact caused the girl to be trapped under the car. Firefighters and EMS crews were able to extricate her from under the car and she was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
On Saturday, April 29, crash investigators learned that the girl had died from injuries she sustained during the crash.
Speed, alcohol and drugs were determined not to be factors in the crash. The driver, a 69-year-old woman from the Woodbridge area, will not be charged.
