FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — A pedestrian is fighting for her life after she was struck by a driver in the University Mall parking lot on Monday morning, October 26, FFXnow reported. Officers and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department responders were dispatched at 11:07 a.m. to the shopping centre in the 10600 block of Braddock Road for the crash.

Source: FFXnow — Pedestrian critically injured in crash in University Mall parking lot, Oct. 26, 2026

“An adult female was struck by a vehicle and transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries,” the Fairfax County Police Department said in a social media post at 12:26 p.m. on Monday. The department's post is the primary official account of the incident; FFXnow's reporting, published at 1:05 p.m., carries the same police account with the scene's location details.

Source: Fairfax County Police Department (@FairfaxCountyPD) post, Oct. 26, 2026, via FFXnow

The driver remained at the scene of the crash and did not experience any injuries, police said. “Crash Reconstruction detectives are investigating,” the department said. Few other details were immediately available, including the type of vehicle involved; police have not released the woman's identity, and no charges or citations have been announced. University Mall, anchored by Giant Food, sits just south of George Mason University's Fairfax campus near the Kings Park West neighbourhood — a part of Fairfax County with a large South Asian and Punjabi community. Awaaz Punjab will update this story if police release the woman's condition or the investigation's findings.