Virginia State Police confirmed the woman killed in a 3-vehicle crash in Hampton yesterday was 21-year-old Joniyah Marlecah Temple of Newport News.
The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. Temple was heading east on I-64 and her tire blew out at Mercury Boulevard, VSP reported. In response, she overcorrected, which caused her to spin out of control, and she crashed into the jersey wall. VSP said that left her car in the left lane facing oncoming traffic.
Ashley Shockley, of Virginia Beach, pulled over onto the shoulder to assist. Meanwhile, Steven Thomas Wagenmann, Sr., of Chesapeake was driving a Chevrolet Express 2500 van, VSP explained. He was in the left lane where Temple’s car was, and he hit her Buick head-on.
When Wagenmann crashed, it pushed Temple’s Buick into Shockley’s Ford Fusion, VSP said.
Temple, who was not wearing a seatbelt, according to VSP, was taken to Riverside Hospital where she died from her injuries.
61-year-old Wagenmann was transported to Norfolk General Hospital with injuries VSP described as serious.
Shockley was not injured, said VSP.
Speed and alcohol have been ruled out as contributing factors. But VSP said the investigation is still ongoing.
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