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| Pedestrian struck and killed in Fairfax County | Pedestrian struck and killed in Fairfax County |
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| A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Fairfax County, officials said. | A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Fairfax County, officials said. |
| Fairfax County Police said in a Twitter message early Friday that the crash happened along Monument Drive near Monument Court in the Fair Lakes area. | Fairfax County Police said in a Twitter message early Friday that the crash happened along Monument Drive near Monument Court in the Fair Lakes area. |
| The driver stayed on the scene, police said. | |
| Authorities later identified the victim as Leonard Mathey Jr., 33, of Fairfax. Police said a preliminary investigation appears to show that speed and alcohol were not factors. Detectives have “not yet determined if alcohol was a factor for the pedestrian,” police said. | |
| The United States has seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities of more than 50 percent over the last decade, according to a new report on federal and state data. | |
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