News: Pedestrian Hit and Killed on Route 7; Second Such Fatality in Sterling Within a Month

(Dec. 10, 2012) - Loudoun County Sheriff's reported that a 39-year-old female from Fairfax was travelling westbound on Route 7 near Davenport Drive in Sterling when she struck an adult male in the roadway just before 4 a.m.

The victim was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.The victim has not been positively identified according to sheriff's reports Monday morning.

Just last month, popular Sanders Corner Elementary School principal Kathleen Hwang was struck and killed while walking near her home in Sterling the day before Thanksgiving.