VIRGINIA BRIEFING

Lake Ridge Girl Hit by Truck Dies of Injuries

A 12-year-old Lake Ridge girl who was hit by a pickup truck while walking along a Woodbridge road last week died over the weekend, Prince William County police said yesterday.

Jewell Hardin had been on the shoulder of Old Bridge Road, heading with the flow of traffic, when a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado hit her about 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Freddy Herrera, 44, of Dale City was driving in the right lane when he veered off the road, police said.

Herrera is due in court Dec. 12 to face a charge of reckless driving.

-- Theresa Vargas

DULLES AIRPORT

Suspicious Bag Forces Hour-Long Evacuation

Ticketing areas at Washington Dulles International Airport were evacuated and passenger screening was halted for about an hour yesterday after a suspicious piece of luggage was found at a checkpoint, officials said.

Virginia State Police examined the bag and found that it did not contain any dangerous materials, said Mark Treadaway, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

Flights were allowed to land while the bag was searched, but some departures were delayed as screening checkpoints were closed, officials said. Hundreds of passengers and employees were ordered to leave the terminal. The bag was found by federal Transportation Security Administration officials about 3:15 p.m., Treadaway said, and the security alert ended about 4:15 p.m.

-- Bill Brubaker