A rear-end collision between a tractor-trailer and a contracted VDOT work truck led to the death of the highway worker. The fatal crash occurred near mile marker 233 of I-81 through Augusta County, Virginia (VA). Virginia State Police received the first reports of the crash at around 4:55 am on February 1, 2022. Emergency responders…
A three-vehicle crash in Northampton County, Virginia (VA), led to the deaths of two girls and left two other innocent victims hospitalized with serious injuries. The deadly chain-reaction collision happened near the intersection of Route 13/Lankford Highway and Bayford Road on the morning of Friday, January 28, 2022. Virginia State Police received calls about the…
A head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck left the teenaged driver of the smaller vehicle dead. The other driver involved in the wreck on Virginia’s Eastern Shore on the night of Jan. 9, 2022, survived but was flown to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries. A preliminary investigation by Virginia State…
A man died in Gloucester County, Virginia (VA), on the evening of January 2, 2022, when a teen driver struck him as he received roadside assistance from a good Samaritan. The fatal pedestrian crash happened near the intersection of Route 631 and Route 614, which is also known as Hickory Fork Road. Virginia State Police…
Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a report detailing federal traffic accident death statistics compiled for the first six months of 2021. The report prompted a statement from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who declared the rising number of people killed in traffic accidents in the country a public crisis. In his…