Crime & Safety

Woman Runs Into Man with Her Car in Arlington: Police

Police are searching for a woman who got into an argument while behind the wheel and then struck the man with her vehicle.

ARLINGTON, VA — Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a woman who they say drove her car into a man with whom she was having an argument.

Police were called to the 5000 block of Columbia Pike at around 6:50 p.m. on Sunday to a report of an assault and battery, according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.

"Upon arrival it was determined that a male victim was standing outside a vehicle while talking to an occupant of that vehicle," the report states. "Following a verbal dispute between two known individuals, the female driver accelerated causing the male victim to fall backwards and suffer non-life threatening injuries."

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The man was taken to Fairfax Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Police have obtained warrants and continue to investigate the incident.

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