An 80-year-old woman died this week after being struck by a bicyclist, falling and sustaining head trauma, according to information police released Tuesday.
Ita Lapina of Arlington was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. Monday at Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Lapina was on the Four Mile Run bike path near the 4900 block of Columbia Pike early Monday.
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A 62-year-old man on a bicycle was heading downhill when he saw her ahead of him, that man and a witness told police. The man, on a Next Power Climber bike, yelled "to your left" and rang a bell — causing Lapina to turn around. As she did, she was struck head-on and fell backward, striking her head on the pavement, police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said.
The first 911 call came in to Arlington County at 7:11 a.m. Monday. The bicyclist remained on the scene and suffered a minor knee injury.
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The bicyclist, whom Sternbeck would not name, has not been charged.
"It was just a tragic accident," Sternbeck said. "There was no one at fault."
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