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Thursday, October 23, 2014Area:
Roanoke-Lynchburg, VAEvelyn Hawkins Bryant of Ringgold was killed in a 4-car crash at around 5:30 p.m. on Highway 29 near Blairs, Virginia. A Ford Explorer driven by the 16-year-old apparently drifted into the northbound lanes and hit two vehicles before striking Bryant's Toyota Camry head-on. The Danville teenager's condition is unknown, and the injuries of the other two drivers are believed to be minor. The two other drivers injured have been identified as Nicole Gibson, 37, and Breesha Jones, 22.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014John Michael Gibson, 58, was killed driving his motorcycle in a collision with an SUV driven by Shane Michael Ambrose Graybeal, 18, on South Rosemont Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Graybeal is being cited with failure to yield. He collided with a southbound Gibson when making a left turn from Silina Drive onto South Rosemont Road, killing Gibson at the scene. Neither alcohol nor high-speed are believed to be involved in the collision, which is still under investigation.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014Area:
Harrisonburg, VAJose Villatoro was driving on Smithland road when he lost control of his car, left the roadway and struck a utility pole. He was flown to a hospital in Charlottesville; his condition is currently unknown. Authorities say speed was a factor in the crash, and that Villatoro was not wearing his seat belt.
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Thursday, September 18, 2014Area:
Washington, DCThe car's passenger, Courtney Ahles, 18, of Harrisonburg, died at the scene. Davis-Bunt was flown to the University of Virginia Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Police said speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.
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Saturday, March 22, 2014Area:
Washington, DCA 16-year-old was seriously injured after falling from a mountain board, similar to a skateboard, while being pulled by a vehicle in Ashburn, Va., Sunday.
Another 16-year-old was driving the vehicle, which had a rope tied to the rear, in the parking lot of Broad Run High School. That teen has been charged with reckless driving.
The victim, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken to Inova Loudoun Hospital and was later airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Last year, another Virginia teen died in a similar incident.
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Saturday, February 15, 2014Area:
Washington, DCAuthorities said a 15-year old boy led state police on a nine-mile pursuit Sunday morning, ramming into two police cars before losing control of his vehicle and overturning on a busy stretch of Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County.
The incident closed several northbound lanes of 1-95 in Spotsylvania County, just past exit 126, police said.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012Area:
Charlottesville, VAA man convicted of participating in a street race wreck that killed another man will spend a year in prison. Thomas Appleton received a 10-year sentence Wednesday in Albemarle Circuit Court. Judge Cheryl Higgins then suspended nine years of the sentence. Appleton also will lose his driver's license for a year. Higgins says he must then petition the court for the license's reinstatement. Prosecutors say Appleton and 18-year-old Samuel Taylor were racing on Sept. 5, 2012, when their vehicles collided. Taylor's car ran off the road, hit a stump, went airborne and crashed into a tree.
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