(Updated at 4:05 p.m.) All lanes of Columbia Pike were blocked Monday afternoon after a pedestrian was struck and injured in a reported hit and run crash.
Initial reports suggest a woman was struck by the driver of a van while crossing the street near the Sunoco station on the western end of the Pike in Arlington. The van fled the scene after the crash, according to scanner traffic.
The woman was said to have been conscious but lying in the roadway and bleeding from the head when police arrived. Her injuries were initially thought to be potentially life-threatening, but were later determined to be minor and non-life-threatening, according to police.
The victim was rushed via ambulance to a local trauma center.
Columbia Pike is completely blocked between S. Greenbrier Street and the Arlington Mill Community Center. The road expected to remain at least partially blocked for an extended period of time while detectives investigate the crash.
Police are now seeking a white work van last seen heading north on S. Greenbrier Street.
The crash happened shortly before 2:40 p.m., at a crosswalk with high-visibility crossing lights.
As of 3 p.m., bloodied clothing could be seen balled up on the asphalt as police cars blocked off the scene. Later, detectives could be seen walking the roadway.
As of 4:05 p.m., all lanes of the Pike had reopened to traffic, according to Arlington Alert.
She was transported to an area hospital with life threatening injuries. The driver of the striking vehicle did not remain on scene. The Department’s Critical Accident Team is on-scene investigating. (2/2)
— ArlingtonCountyPD (@ArlingtonVaPD) September 30, 2019
UPDATE: The victims condition has been upgraded and determined to be non life threatening with minor injuries.
— ArlingtonCountyPD (@ArlingtonVaPD) September 30, 2019
Vernon Miles contributed to this report