News: Driving Lesson Turns Deadly - Vehicle Driven by 15-Year-old Hits 3 Children on Sidewalk in Ashburn; 7-Year-old Airlifted with Life-Threatening Injuries

(March 14, 2013) - A 7-year-old is being treated for life-threatening injuries after they and two other children were struck by a teenager receiving a driving lesson from a parent Thursday evening in Ashburn, Virginia.

The 15-year-old driver was traveling on Morven Woods Court in Ashburn 6:45 p.m. when she appears to have mistakenly accelerated and jumped a curb onto a sidewalk where the three children were playing.


The children, who are ages 7, 8 and 10-years-old, were all transported to local hospitals. The 7-year-old was airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital where she is being treated for life-threatening injuries. The two other children were taken to the Lansdowne Campus of Inova Hospital where they are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash remains under investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff'€™s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit.