On Christmas night 2025, Annandale High School sophomore Annie Vu was killed in a high-speed crash on I-495 while heading home from a holiday dinner — a tragedy that shook the Annandale community and left many students and parents searching for answers.
Some of those answers came through the reporting of Annandale High School senior Zoe Ligairi.
In the days that followed, Ligairi sat down with the grieving family, working to piece together what happened and what it meant for those left behind — including Annie’s parents, who were also in the car at the time of the crash, and her 12-year-old brother, who suffered traumatic brain injuries…