Jeremais H. Rodriguez, 44, killed and one person injured in pedestrian collision with Leonard Wainstein, 92, on South Fairfax Street in Alexandria, Virginia
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The driver was trying to park when he backed up and hit the 49-year-old parking lot attendant. Police say he then “abruptly accelerated” and drove onto Swift Alley nearby, where he hit Jeremais H. Rodriguez, of Alexandria.
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Wainstein was trying to back into in a parking space off Swift Alley, behind Burke & Herbert Bank, when he hit a parking attendant, police said. He pinned the worker against a brick wall.
Wainstein then accelerated down the narrow alley, striking Rodriguez, who was sweeping behind the restaurant where he worked.
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