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A man has been killed in a head-on crash in Gloucester, VA after another driver crossed a center line, say police.
On May 16, 2012 at approximately 0747 hours, Virginia State Police was called to a two vehicle crash in Gloucester County, at Route 198 (Dutton Road) east of Route 608 (Hell Neck Road)
A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2008 Ford F-150 pickup truck operated by a 38-year-old woman of Onemo, Virginia, was traveling westbound on Route 198 when she crossed the center lane and struck a 1998 Volkswagen Jetta passenger car, operated by Stephen Rea Johnson, 47 of Dutton, Virginia, “head-on” in the east bound lane, said state police spokeswoman Michelle Anaya.
Stephen Johnson died at the scene as a result of the crash. The woman was transported by rescue squad to Riverside Walter Reed Hospital and later transferred to Riverside Regional Hospital in Newport News with non life-threatening injuries.
Both drivers were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. Alcohol did not play an factor in the accident, say police.
As a Norfolk, VA wrongful death attorney, my thoughts are with the family of this victim.
The death was the latest in a spate of fatal accidents in the Tidewater area. On May 15, 2012 a female motorcyclist was killed and another was injured in an accident on College Drive in Suffolk, VA.
And another head-on collision in which a center line was crossed, led to the death of a woman on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
If you have lost a loved one in a car accident you should consider contacting an experienced Virginia wrongful death attorney.