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Friday, October 17, 2014
A female pedestrian was injured after two cars crashed while reportedly street racing Friday afternoon. Jontay Edmund Coles of Danville faces felony hit and run and other charges following a wreck around 4:40 p.m. in the 400 block of Wooding Avenue. The 20-year-old pedestrian was treated at Danville Regional Medical Center and released. Charges are pending against the other driver, Eugene Glaze of Danville. Glaze was sent to the hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. The pedestrian was hit after the two cars collided and left the roadway.
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Irma Taracena, 61, of Munson Hill Road, died Thursday after being hit by a car while crossing Leesburg Pike in Falls Church, Virginia. The incident occured near Row Street around 9:45 p.m. on October 16, 2014 when 67-year-old Sukhwinder Singh Jhuj, of Manassas Park, hit her and drove away from the scene. The area Taracena tried to cross was not well lit and she was not inside of a crosswalk. Jhuj was located by police shortly after the accident, when he was reportedly driving back to the scene. Jhuj was charged with failure to rend aid.