Woman, child taken to hospital after driver struck stand at Fairfax Farmers’ Market

By Bryan Albin
July 25, 2026 | 1:56 PM

A woman and a child were taken to the hospital Saturday morning after an older woman drove into them at a Fairfax Farmers’ market in Virginia.

Fairfax County police say it happened around 11 a.m. in a parking lot near the Main Street Center.

The driver is said to have confused the gas pedal with the brakes and crashed into a stand at the market, according to police.

The woman and child involved have non-life-threatening injuries. The driver was uninjured, police said.

The market remains open while police continue to investigate the crash.

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Breaking the silence around suicide: A Virginia mother shares thoughts on prevention

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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