Despite Virginia's reputation as one of the toughest states on drunk drivers, one resident's long string of drunk driving convictions shows that dangerous drivers can still fall through the cracks to cause more drunk driving accidents. On August 21, the 44-year-old...
Month: August 2012
Virginia police: Speed, alcohol may be factors in deadly crash
A fatal motor vehicle accident sent a police officer to a hospital and resulted in another driver's death on an early Monday morning in Alexandria recently. On Aug. 13, a driver suddenly swerved to his left near the intersection of Van Dorn Street and Franconia Road....
Semi-truck hits backhoe in deadly commercial vehicle accident
On July 31, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, the VDOT employee was headed west on State Route 460 in a backhoe. Now, an employee of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is dead following a commercial vehicle accident in Oakwood. A semi-truck accident...
Chaos on Beltway after chain reaction tractor trailer accident
Despite making for some comical headlines, a tractor-trailer accident that involved spilled cucumbers on the Beltway turned out to be no laughing matter. On the typically busy weekday morning of July 31, a car changing lanes caused a chain reaction accident on the...
Suspected drunk driver crashes car into Virginia home
One place where most people would never expect to be the victim of a drunk driver is one's own home. However, for several residents of Hampton, Virginia, the walls of their house were not enough to protect them from a DUI suspect and his careening vehicle. The...