Man dies days after being struck on Jefferson Davis Highway

By Jennifer Ortiz
January 20, 2020 | 11:53 AM

A man from Dumfries, Virginia, died on Sunday, days after he was struck while crossing Jefferson Davis Highway.

A man from Manassas driving a 2010 Explorer Sport-Trac was traveling north on Jefferson Davis Highway around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, when he struck Giovanni Crystalgo Caballeros, 23, just past the intersection with Quantico Gateway Drive, according to a news release from Prince William County officials.

Caballeros was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries on Sunday. He was not on a designated sidewalk when he was hit, the release said.

The vehicle remained on the scene and the driver was not injured. Speed, alcohol and drug use were not factors in the crash, investigators said.

Below is a map of the area where the incident happened.

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By Kate Ryan
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September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Betsy Stephenson, an Alexandria, Virginia, resident and a mother who lost her son to suicide, wants people to talk about it. "By not talking about suicide, we are not going to make it go away. In fact, I think that we could inadvertently give it a little more power than it deserves," she told WTOP. One of the things that Stephenson wants families to know is that people who are struggling can appear to be doing well. "You can be very high-functioning as a depressed person or an anxious person," she said. "You can be connected socially. You can be doing well at school or work. You can be making plans, smiling, laughing, engaged, but still be struggling deeply, you know, cosmically, inside."

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