Current:Home > NewsFour dead after vehicles collide on Virginia road, police say -Streamline Finance
Four dead after vehicles collide on Virginia road, police say
View
Date:2025-04-13 00:58:48
SHEPPARDS, Va. (AP) — Four motorists were killed when a car crossed the center line of a Virginia road and struck vehicles going in the opposite direction, state police said on Wednesday.
The multi-vehicle crash occurred shortly before noon on Tuesday south of the Sheppards community in Buckingham County, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Richmond.
Virginia State Police said in a news release that a Ford Fusion traveling south on U.S. Highway 15 crossed over the line and hit a transit van traveling north. The Fusion then continued heading the wrong way in the northbound lane before striking a Nissan Versa head-on. The Versa then ran off the road and overturned, the release said.
Police said Fusion driver Erika M. Henshaw, 77, of Dillwyn, and passenger Alvin P. Henshaw, 85, died at the scene, as did Versa driver Runping Z. Rhett, 66, of Alton and passenger Eric D. Truscott, 37. The transit van’s driver wasn’t injured.
The four people who died were wearing seatbelts, police said, and the investigation was continuing.
veryGood! (343)
Related
- The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text on the rise. What to know.
- Hawaii lawmakers wrap up session featuring tax cuts, zoning reform and help for fire-stricken Maui
- Military documents contradict Republican Rep. Troy Nehls' military record claims
- Why F1's Las Vegas Grand Prix is lowering ticket prices, but keeping its 1 a.m. ET start
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- Jobs report today: Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, unemployment rises to 3.9%
- Alaska judge grants limited stay in correspondence school allotments decision
- Fundraiser celebrating fraternities that guarded American flag during protest raises $500K
- Plunge Into These Olympic Artistic Swimmers’ Hair and Makeup Secrets
- Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the most extreme event in climate history
Ranking
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Avantika talks 'Tarot' and that racist 'Tangled' backlash: 'Media literacy is a dying art'
- Judge denies pretrial release of a man charged with killing a Chicago police officer
- Jessie James Decker Shares Postpartum Body Struggles After Welcoming Baby No. 4
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Kenya floods hit Massai Mara game reserve, trapping tourists who climbed trees to await rescue by helicopter
- Traffic snarled as workers begin removing bridge over I-95 following truck fire in Connecticut
- Avantika talks 'Tarot' and that racist 'Tangled' backlash: 'Media literacy is a dying art'
Recommendation
From bitter rivals to Olympic teammates, how Lebron and Steph Curry became friends
Researchers found the planet's deepest under-ocean sinkhole — and it's so big, they can't get to the bottom
Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protest movement
Connecticut lawmakers take first steps to pass bill calling for cameras at absentee ballot boxes
US Open player compensation rises to a record $65 million, with singles champs getting $3.6 million
Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer
United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues
Canucks knock out Predators with Game 6 victory, will face Oilers