Crime & Safety

Police Seek Witnesses in Fatal Pedestrian Accident

Mother was killed in Monday morning accident.

The Arlington County Police Department is asking for witnesses to provide further information and details to the Monday fatal pedestrian accident that claimed the life of 39 year-old Jennifer Lawson, the mother of three children. The accident occurred in the 5900 block of Little Falls Road at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Police have information that at least two vehicles were directly behind the commercial dump truck when it struck Lawson. The vehicles left prior to police arrival and the occupants could provide detectives with valuable details concerning the incident as the investigation remains ongoing.

Police are asking anyone with information on their identities to contact Detective Mohammed Tabibi of the Arlington County Police Department’s Critical Accident Team at (703) 228-4618 or at mtabibi@arlingtonva.us.     

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