A chain-reaction crash that appears to have begun with a reckless lane change by a person who was speeding and driving under the influence led to the death of an innocent man on U.S. 460 in Christiansburg, Virginia (VA). The deadly wreck happened just after 12:30 pm on May 29, 2017, where Montgomery County transitions…
A collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle in the Churchville community of Augusta County, Virginia (VA), left the biker dead. State Police and multiple news outlet have identified the deceased motorcyclist as 48-year-old Allen Mattejat of Staunton. The fatal crash happened a little after 4 pm on May 26, 2017. The…
In the natural order of things, parents are not meant to bury their children, yet a parent’s worst nightmare can and does occur as it did for the parents of Kaitlyn Duffy. Unlike illness, painful as that kind of passage is, which gives some extended, quality time with the child, death by accident offers no warning, no…
A hit-and-run collision left a bicyclist dead in Tazewell County, Virginia (VA), on the morning of May 18, 2017. Police have yet to find the at-fault driver, but they have collected enough evidence to identify the vehicle involved as a pickup truck the size of a Ford F-150 or larger with a model year between…
One Chesapeake high school senior died and another went to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with critical injuries after a box truck hit their SUV head-on in rural southwestern Virginia Beach, VA, on the afternoon of May 19, 2017. The fatal collision happened in the 2400 block of Indian River Road between Princess Anne Road and…