July 25, 2021, will long be remembered as a tragic day for bicycling in central Virginia. On that Sunday, two bike riders lost their lives in separate collisions. The first deadly crash happened around 3:30 am in Chesterfield County, just outside the southwest corner of Richmond. Around 17 hours later, a wreck in Hanover County…
Size matters. Or, more specifically, cargo weight and its distribution matter when it comes to operating a large commercial truck safely. How much tonnage a semi, tanker truck, flatbed or other large truck carries matters so much that the Virginia Department of Transportation sets maximum weights for each of the following types of vehicles: Single-unit…
A crash between a car and a moped near the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake city line sent the rider to the hospital with injuries. The collision also resulted in at least one charge against the driver of the car. This crash happened at the intersection of Elbow Road and Margaret Drive a little after 10 am on…
Two people in Virginia may have felt lucky to be alive after an out-of-control tractor-trailer peeled off the side of their car in the early morning hours of July 21, 2021. The sideswipe collision happened in New Brunswick County southwest of Petersburg. Sadly, the commercial truck driver did not survive. State troopers responded to the…
Three teenagers suffered serious injuries when the SUV in which they were riding ran off the road in Hertford County, North Carolina (NC). The single-vehicle crash, which also killed the 18-year-old driver, happened a little after 11 pm on July 13, 2021. NC Highway Patrol troopers responded to the crash scene near the intersection of…