FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A child has died after a car crash involving two vehicles on Richmond Highway Wednesday morning, Fairfax County Police Department said.
The crash happened in the 5900 block of Richmond Highway near Huntington Avenue, police said.
Four people, including the child, were rushed to the hospital with injuries after the crash. Police said the child died at the hospital.
Information about the child's identity and age has not been released.
The child was traveling in a 2015 Hyundai Elantra with a woman who was the driver and a teenage girl that was a passenger, according to police.
A man who was also injured was driving a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria, added police.
Police said the man driving the Crown Victoria lost control on an ice covered area of the roadway. The car traveled into the southbound traffic lanes and crashed into the Hyundai Elantra.
The injuries to the man and teenage girl were non-life threatning.
Lanes on northbound Richmond Highway were closed due to the collision.
Police are still currently investigating the crash.
Anyone with information about this crash is asked to contact our Crash Reconstruction Unit at 703-280-0543. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477).
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