13-year old bicyclist struck, killed - driver arrested - in PW county

This is from July 30th

Prince William County police say a 13-year-old boy has been struck and killed by a car on Hoadly Road near Olivewood Drive.

The accident occurred about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. Officers say Prabhdeep Ranahawa of Dale City was riding his bike, crossing Hoadly Road, when he was hit by a BMW driven by a 61-year-old Manassas woman.

Ranahawa was pronounced dead at the scene.

No charges have been filed and police are continuing to investigate the accident.

The police have since finished their investigation and made an arrest

Marilyn J. Freeman, 61, of 8129 King Arthurs Court in the Manassas area, was charged with reckless driving/failure to maintain control following a nearly month-long investigation that included multiple witness interviews and a reconstruction of the scene, Richardson said.

Police initially said that it appeared he was crossing Hoadly Road at the time, but the investigation revealed Ranahawa was bicycling on the shoulder near the edge of the travel lane.

Speaking of the police, GGW recently linked to a great police training video from SF. The police tell a cyclist to take the lane. Fantastic.

Comments

[SJE]

Poor kid! And the motorists wonder why we get all attitude-y about traffic laws etc.

[jeff]

I'm glad to Prince William County step up and do the right thing. Hopefully the suburban and likely auto-dependent jury at trial will do the same.

Even more telling about this post is the amount of time taken to investigate and bring charges. Prince William may be one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, but shouldn't DC's police be able to at least match their investigative skills? A month to conclude an investigation that frankly few had heard about while Alice Swanson's fatal crash was over 6 weeks ago, had lots of media attention and still not a peep from MPD.

[Update]

Ms. Freeman was drinking at lunch the day she hit this poor young man. No test was done on her! She was given a 6 month suspended driver license but may drive back and forth to her ASAP meetings!
By the way, Randhawa WAS In a BYCYCLE LANE!