Police seek car involved in hit-and-run on Fairfax Co. Parkway

A file photo of a Fairfax County police car. On Tuesday, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a pilot program for police officers to begin using body-warn cameras following the recommendations of an ad hoc commission that has suggested numerous police reforms. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

WASHINGTON — Police are searching for a car that was involved in a hit-and-run crash on Fairfax County Parkway Monday morning.

The crash was a head-on collision that happened on the parkway near Lee Chapel Road.

A car drifted across the median onto the wrong side of the road at around 7 a.m., Fairfax County police said.

Two people in the car that was struck were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Police are looking for a green car with front-end damage from the crash.

One southbound lane was closed while police investigated the crash, but all lanes had reopened by 8:15 a.m.

Joslyn Chesson

Joslyn Chesson is a producer at WTOP. She was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia and graduated in May 2017 from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where she studied Media Studies and Spanish Language.

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