SUV Crashes Into Thoreau Middle School

A Isuzu Trooper crashed into a classroom late Monday afternoon. 

A Fairfax County Police Department dispatch officer said a 911 cell phone call was placed to the department at 5:46 p.m.

A non-load-bearing wall and a window at the school was damaged. The driver of the vehicle, whose identity has not been released by police, was assessed for injuries at the scene, but was not transported to the hospital.

The dispatch officer said initial reports did not reveal the cause of the accident.

Kevin Sneed, director of design and construction services for Fairfax County Public Schools, was on the scene of the accident late Monday night and said he was told the crash happened while a driver was learning how to use a manual stick shift in the school's main parking lot.

A temporary wall has been erected to keep intruders from entering the building. Sneed predicted it will take about two weeks for the wall and the window to be repaired. He could not estimate the cost of the property damage.

Thoreau Middle School is located at 2505 Cedar Lane in Vienna.