Pedestrian Killed Near Crosspointe Drive in Fairfax Station
Police responded to a crash on Silverbrook Road near Crosspointe Drive on Saturday, December 17 shortly before 6 p.m. During the preliminary investigation, crash reconstruction detectives determined that 22-year-old Michael J. Henley of Fairfax Station was attempting to cross Silverbrook Road from north to south. A 2010 GMC Acadia driven by a 36-year-old Fairfax Station man was traveling east on Silverbrook approaching Crosspointe Drive when Henley stepped in front of the vehicle and was struck.
The victim was thrown into the westbound lane on Silverbrook Road and was then hit by a second vehicle; a 2005 Chrysler mini-van being driven by a 46-year-old Fairfax Station man. Both vehicles remained on the scene. The victim was medevaced to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
Neither speed nor alcohol is believed to be a factor in this crash.
The investigation will continue and no charges have been placed.
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Posted by News Staff
on Dec 18 2011. Filed under Fairfax County.
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