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UPDATED: No charges sought after vehicle crash into building in Old Town

Published April 24, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated April 24, 2026 at 6:14PM

Lily's Chocolate & Coffee remains open to customers after a vehicle struck it in a two-vehicle crash Friday, April 24 (staff photo by James Cullum)

One minor injury was reported after a vehicle crashed into a building at the corner of King and Washington Streets in Old Town.

The Alexandria Police and Fire Departments were called to the 600 block of King Street at 1:34 p.m. and found a two-vehicle crash involving a green SUV with Maryland tags and a gray sedan with Virginia tags. The gray vehicle had come to rest against the side of 631 King Street, home to Lily’s Chocolate and Coffee. Staff at the shop said they are still open and that nothing was damaged.

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Hit-and-run on King Street adds to string of pedestrian crashes in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published April 23, 2026 at 11:55AM | Updated April 24, 2026 at 12:07PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A pedestrian suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run on King Street on Wednesday night (April 22).

The Alexandria Fire and Police Departments received multiple calls around 11 p.m. reporting that a man had been struck by a vehicle near the intersection of King Street and Park Road in the Taylor Run neighborhood, near the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. The striking vehicle was described in radio dispatches as a Ford pickup truck of unknown color missing its passenger-side mirror.

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UPDATED: Adult pedestrian killed in Old Town North crash

By Emily Leayman

Published April 21, 2026 at 9:15AM | Updated April 21, 2026 at 3:33PM

Alexandria Police cruiser (staff photo by James Cullum)

A pedestrian was killed in a crash in Old Town North yesterday (Monday), according to Alexandria police and fire radio dispatches.

The Alexandria Police Department responded to the fatal crash involving a pedestrian at St. Asaph and Montgomery Streets around 5:26 p.m. According to radio dispatches, multiple callers reported that the pedestrian was down and not breathing.

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Three people and dog rescued by AFD from stalled elevator in West End

By James Cullum

Published April 17, 2026 at 12:30PM

AFD rescued three people and a dog from a stalled elevator in the 4600 block of Duke Street, April 17, 2026 (via IAFF Local 2141/Facebook)

The Alexandria Fire Department rescued three people and a dog this morning (Friday) from a stalled elevator in a high-rise condominium building in the West End.

AFD was called just after 4:30 a.m. to a report of three people and a dog stuck in a blind shaft elevator near the fourth floor of a 16-story building in the 4600 block of Duke Street.

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Pedestrian struck during fire response in Landmark area

By James Cullum

Published April 13, 2026 at 12:30PM

AFD extinguished a fire in the 200 block of Gretna Green Court on April 10, 2026 (via IAFF 2141/Facebook)

A man was struck by a vehicle that swerved to get out of the way of an Alexandria Fire Department engine on Saturday (April 11), according to radio dispatches.

The fire was first reported before 7:15 p.m. as an odor of smoke in the 200 block of Gretna Green Court in the Landmark area. AFD called for backup after finding smoke coming from the attic of a three-level townhouse.

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UPDATE: Adult pedestrian hit in West End Alexandria

By Emily Leayman and James Cullum

Published April 7, 2026 at 4:15PM | Updated April 7, 2026 at 8:34PM

N. Van Dorn Street closure at the crash scene (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria police and fire are responding to the West End for a pedestrian crash this afternoon (Tuesday).

The pedestrian was struck around 3:22 p.m. in the area of N. Van Dorn Street and Sanger Avenue, according to the police and fire scanner. Alexandria Police Department spokesperson Rebekka Heite told ALXnow the pedestrian is an adult woman.

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Driver cited after pedestrian struck in Del Ray: police

By James Cullum

Published April 7, 2026 at 1:45PM | Updated April 7, 2026 at 2:16PM

An Alexandria police cruiser (Staff photo by James Cullum)

A driver was cited with failure to pay full time attention after a pedestrian was struck and injured in Del Ray on Saturday (April 4), according to the Alexandria Police Department.

APD and the Alexandria Fire Department arrived on scene just after 4 p.m. in response to the pedestrian crash at the intersection of Mount Vernon Avenue and E. Braddock Road.

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Two rollover crashes draw Alexandria police and fire response over the weekend

By James Cullum

Published April 6, 2026 at 1:15PM

On Friday, April 3, 2026, the Alexandria Police and Fire Departments responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 1000 block of Glebe Road (via APD/Facebook)

The Alexandria Police and Fire Departments responded to two rollover crashes over the weekend, according to radio dispatches.

No injuries were reported in both crashes, which occurred early Friday night (April 3) on W. Glebe Road in Arlandria and Sunday morning (April 5) on Richmond Highway near the Potomac Yard Shopping Center.

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Firefighters extinguish two residential building fires in Alexandria over the weekend

By James Cullum

Published March 30, 2026 at 11:45AM

AFD extinguished a fire in the 100 block of Quay Street in Old Town, March 28, 2026 (via Local 2141:Facebook)

The Alexandria Fire Department extinguished two residential building fires over the weekend.

Just before 7 p.m. on Saturday (March 28), a fire was reported in a four-level townhome the 100 block of Quay Street, which is near the intersection with N. Union Street in Old Town. AFD arrived to find fire showing on the second floor.

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Arlandria apartment condemned, two people displaced after kitchen fire

By James Cullum

Published March 25, 2026 at 10:30AM

Arlandria fire on March 24, 2026 (via IAFF 2141/Facebook)

Two people were displaced after a fire was extinguished in an Arlandria apartment Tuesday evening, according to the Alexandria Fire Department.

AFD responded at around 6:30 p.m. to a kitchen fire on the first floor of a three-story apartment building in the 3800 block of Milan Drive. No injuries were reported, and no neighboring apartments were affected by the fire, according to the fire department.

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Sprinkler helps contain overnight high-rise fire in Eisenhower Avenue corridor

By Emily Leayman

Published March 24, 2026 at 9:30AM | Updated March 24, 2026 at 10:57AM

Alexandria Fire Department (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Firefighters responded to an early morning fire today (Tuesday) that was contained to a high-rise apartment in the Eisenhower Avenue corridor, according to Alexandria Fire Department radio dispatches.

Around 4:02 a.m., units responded to a 22nd-floor apartment in the 2800 block of Telek Place, according to the IAFF Local 2141. According to the scanner traffic, firefighters arrived to find a fire on the kitchen stove. The building’s sprinkler system contained it to the units, and a smoke detector activated.