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Police seek car involved in hit-and-run on Fairfax Co. Parkway

WASHINGTON — Police are searching for a car that was involved in a hit-and-run crash on Fairfax County Parkway Monday morning.

The crash was a head-on collision that happened on the parkway near Lee Chapel Road.

A car drifted across the median onto the wrong side of the road at around 7 a.m., Fairfax County police said.

Two people in the car that was struck were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Police are looking for a green car with front-end damage from the crash.

One southbound lane was closed while police investigated the crash, but all lanes had reopened by 8:15 a.m.

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