WASHINGTON — A woman is dead after a 12-year-old boy jumped from an overpass and landed on her car on Interstate 66 in Fairfax County on Saturday.
Marisa W. Harris, a 22-year-old from Olney, Maryland, was killed while driving east on I-66 when a 12-year-old boy jumped from the Cedar Lane overpass near Nutley Street, Virginia State Police say.
The impact incapacitated Harris, so her front-seat passenger, a 23-year-old man who was not injured, steered the car off the road. Harris died at the scene.
The boy who jumped was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police are investigating the incident as a suicide attempt.
I-66 between Nutley Street and Gallows road was closed for several hours while police investigated the incident.
Below is the area where the crash happened.
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This story was updated to reflect new information from the Virginia State Police.
WTOP’s Reem Nadeem, Jason Fuller, William Vitka and Patrick Roth contributed to this report.