FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Fairfax County police are asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle believed to be involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run crash in Springfield earlier this month.
Detectives are searching for a 2017–2022 white Nissan Rogue that is missing its driver’s side mirror and has black fender guards missing from the front driver’s side wheel well.
The crash happened around 8:20 p.m. Oct. 4 at Old Keene Mill Road and Backlick Road. Officers responded after receiving reports of a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle.
The agency’s preliminary investigation determined that Thomas Gum, 44, who had no fixed address, was walking from north to south across Old Keene Mill Road toward Backlick Road. He was crossing mid-block and not in a crosswalk when he was struck by a white SUV traveling eastbound in the right travel lane, police said…