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.

News: LCSO Investigating Pedestrian Struck and Killed Attempting to Cross Route 28; 3rd Such Fatality in Month

(Dec. 16, 2012) - It has been a dangerous holiday season for pedestrians on the Loudoun roadways as a third fatality within a month was recorded early Sunday morning, Dec. 16, when a female was struck and killed while attempting to cross Route 28 in the area of Route 267.

Loudoun County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the area around 3:30 a.m. December 16th for a report of a female that was struck while attempting to cross Route 28. The victim lost her life at the scene. The victim has not been positively identified at this time.

Members of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Crash Reconstruction Unit are expected to clear the scene shortly.

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.

Swim: Heritage Team Involved in Bus Crash on Way to Meet; Accident Sends 7 to Hospital with Minor Injuries

(Dec. 10, 2012) - A Loudoun County Public School bus en route to Manassas with approximately 30 high school students from the Heritage High School swim team on board was involved in a two vehicle crash on Friday evening south of Leesburg.

News: Body of Ashburn Father of Four Recovered After Canoe Accident; 7-Year-old Son Rescued by Local Teens

(Nov. 28, 2011) - The Ashburn community is rallying around Tony DiGiovanna's family Monday after the 49-year-old father of four reportedly drowned in a canoe accident on the Beaverdam Creek Reservoir Sunday afternoon. His 7-year-old son was rescued by bystanders who jumped into the cold water after the family's canoe capsized.

Family friend Tom DeMay posted on Facebook around 1:30 p.m. that DiGiovanna's body had been found by rescue workers around noon Monday. Authorities in Loudoun are now officially identifying DiGiovanna as the victim of the accident and confirming the recovery of the body.

Two of the rescuers who jumped in the water to help the son to safety have been identified as George Lewis, a senior at Briar Woods High School, and Brad Odenheimer, a senior at Stone Bridge High School.

Lewis poignantly posted on Facebook after the rescue: "Just helplessly witnessed a man lose his life and a ... boy lose his father. This is the most terrible thing I have ever seen or been through, to hear a man's last words before he sinks beneath the water in front of his own child."

On DiGiovanna's Facebook page, tributes were already pouring in for the popular father, coach, musician, and pilot among other things. Wrote one friend:

"R.I. P. My dear friend You will be sorely missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing you. My thoughts and prayers are with your family. So long Twon, may your spirit soar above the clouds where you enjoyed being so much. you were A Great friend, A Super husband and father, An incredible pilot, Smokin guitar player A great man. love you and miss you always Twon"

Family friend Tom DeMay posted this detailed update prior to that:
"Here's what I know. Tony DiGiovanna, his son ... and his dog were canoeing at Goose Creek Reservoir and the boat capsized. (The son) had a life vest, Tony did not. Some bystanders ... were on the shore and tried to get out to help. They helped (the son) to safety. Somehow, the dog made it too. But Tony did not make it back.