Woman Killed Stepping Out Of Car On Capital Beltway

WASHINGTON, DC — Virginia State Police released more information on Monday's fatal crashes on the Capital Beltway, blocking all lanes on the Inner Loop at Van Dorn Street near Alexandria, Va. for hours.

A woman was killed at around 4:55 a.m. just before Exit 173, Virginia State Police said. The woman's Nissan Maxima stopped in the left center lane near the Van Dorn Street exit, for unknown reasons, and was then hit by a Chevrolet pickup truck.

After the crash, the unidentified woman got out of her car and was fatally hit by a passing Chevrolet Malibu, police said. She died at the scene.

Another person was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

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Lanes reopened just before 9 a.m., but many drivers were stuck bumper-to-bumper for as long as three hours after the accident was reported at 5:18 a.m. Beltway backups lasted for as far as nine miles near Branch Avenue in Prince George's County, Md., authorities said.

Monday's crash happened near where a local high school coach was killed Saturday. Leonard Schultz, 52, was a Vienna special education teacher and varsity football coach at Madison High School. He was hit by a box truck at the split of the Capital Beltway, Interstate 95 and Interstate 395 in Springfield.

His nephew Albert Schultz, 24, was also hit and remains in critical condition in the hospital.

"As a special education teacher and our football coach, Mr. Schultz was known to be a kind, compassionate and thoughtful person. His friendship, guidance, and leadership will be greatly missed," Principal Gregory Hood wrote in a letter to the Madison community. "An educator for more than two decades, Mr. Schultz was thoroughly devoted to the Madison High School community. Those who knew Mr. Schultz understood him to be a person of integrity whose life and dedication to his students, staff and community were an inspiration to all of us."

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