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FAIRFAX COUNTY
Arlington Woman Hit, Killed by School Bus
An Arlington County woman was struck and killed by a Fairfax County school bus yesterday morning as she tried to cross a busy road in the Tysons Corner area, police said.
Elsi Noemi Alvarado-Rivera, 30, of the 900 block of South Buchanan Street was walking across Gosnell Road, at Old Courthouse Road, shortly before 8:20 a.m., Fairfax police said. Alvarado-Rivera had crossed three lanes of traffic, but as she stepped into the left-turn lane, the traffic light gave the green-arrow signal, and the bus driver did not see her, Officer Shelley Broderick said. The intersection has no crosswalk.
Witnesses told police that Alvarado-Rivera tried to run for the median but was struck. She was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no passengers on the bus, authorities said.
The bus driver, identified only as a 26-year-old man, has worked for Fairfax schools since April. He had delivered students to Kilmer Middle School and was on his way to pick up students for Archer Elementary School, school system spokesman Paul Regnier said.
Police did not file charges against the driver; the accident is under investigation.
-- Tom Jackman and Maria Glod
STATE POLITICS
House Democrats Court Senior Citizens
House Democrats unveiled a plan yesterday to expand services for seniors as party leaders continued a tour of Virginia to promote the election of Democrats to the General Assembly in November.
The proposal would affect such concerns as in-home health care, in-home nutrition and long-term care insurance. Democrats did not provide a price tag for the proposal.
