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Driver killed after 12-year-old leaps from Virginia interstate overpass

Posted at 6:45 PM, Oct 29, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-30 09:08:02-04

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A driver is dead after a 12-year-old “jumped from the Cedar Lane overpass” and landed on a car heading eastbound on I-66, say police.

The 12-year-old fell from the overpass and landed on a Ford Escape being driven by Marisa Harris, 22. Harris was “incapacitated” by the impact, and her passenger, who was not injured, was able to steer the car off of 66, WDCW reported.

Harris died at the scene. The boy who fell off the overpass was taken to Fairfax Inova Hospital, and is being treated for life-threatening injuries.

Police are investigating the incident as an attempted suicide.

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