A child was struck while sledding in McLean, Virginia, Wednesday evening.
The 6-year-old boy was being supervised by adults on a steep driveway in the 7000 block of Matthew Mills Road, across the street from the boy’s home, when he slid into a passing car about 5:40 p.m.
“This is certainly a tragic example of how quickly something can happen,” said Lucy Caldwell of Fairfax County Police. “Even when you’re apparently doing the right things."
The driver, a 65-year-old McLean resident, immediately got out to help the boy, who was flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The boy is in critical condition.
A family friend told Northern Virginia Bureau reporter David Culver the boy fractured his skull and had some swelling to his brain. He was induced into a coma.
