Street View of the 8000 block of West Virginia Drive in the Red Bird area of Dallas, Texas, near where the crash occurred. Source: Google Maps.
KEY DETAILS
DATE & TIME
The crash happened around 8:25 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
LOCATION
West Virginia Drive, Red Bird area, Dallas, TX
VICTIM
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and taken to the hospital in stable condition; the vehicle’s driver, 20-year-old Aniya Edwards, had been shot before the crash and later died at the hospital.
ROAD CLOSURES
No road closures have been publicly reported by Dallas police.
INVESTIGATION
The shooting and the crash remain under active investigation by the Dallas Police Department; no arrests have been made.
A driver died after being shot just before her vehicle struck a pedestrian on West Virginia Drive in Dallas’s Red Bird area on the night of Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive the injuries from being struck. The driver, identified by police as 20-year-old Aniya Edwards, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but later died from her gunshot wounds. Investigators have not said whether Edwards was the intended target of the shooting or whether her vehicle struck the pedestrian as a result of being shot. No arrests have been made as both the shooting and the crash remain under active investigation.
According to CBS News, Dallas police responded to a shooting call around 8:25 p.m. in the 8000 block of West Virginia Drive and found the pedestrian who had been struck by Edwards’s vehicle at the scene. CBS News reports the pedestrian was transported in stable condition, while Edwards was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died there from her gunshot wounds. FOX 4 reports the shooting occurred in the Red Bird area and that Dallas police have not identified a suspect or a motive. Dallas police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective M. Christian.
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CBS Texas
@CBSDFW · Aug 26, 2026
Driver who hit pedestrian had been shot before accident; later dies in hospital, Dallas police say
Texas Transportation Code Section 552.003 requires the operator of a vehicle to stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a marked or unmarked crosswalk when no traffic signal is controlling the intersection. This duty exists because pedestrians are far more vulnerable to serious injury in a collision, and Texas law places the responsibility on drivers to watch for and yield to people on foot. When a driver fails to yield and a pedestrian is struck, that failure can support a negligence claim in a civil injury case, independent of any separate criminal investigation into what caused the driver to lose control.
Texas Transportation Code Section 550.021 requires the operator of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury or death to immediately stop at the scene, or as close to it as possible, and determine whether anyone involved needs aid. Failing to stop and render aid after a crash that injures someone is a criminal offense in Texas and can also be relevant evidence in a civil case over who is responsible for the injuries. This duty applies regardless of what other circumstances, such as a shooting, may have preceded the collision.
This summary is general information, not legal advice. Every case depends on its specific facts.
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