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Tractor-trailer kills pedestrian on I-664 in Suffolk
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Tractor-trailer kills pedestrian on I-664 in Suffolk

The Commonwealth’s Attorney in Suffolk will determine whether or not to file charges against Demarquese Larnell Hayes, the truck driver involved in the fatal crash on I-664 South in Suffolk on Tuesday, March 4. According to Virginia State Police, it appears 39-year-old Corey L. B. Knight was driving a 2023 Volkswagen GTI, pulled over on the right shoulder of I-664 at College Drive, and got out. Hayes came along in a 2023 Freightliner tractor-trailer and drifted onto the shoulder striking Knight and the Volkswagen, killing Knight immediately, said VSP. State Police were dispatched to the scene around 1:15 a.m. and said Knight had turned on the vehicle's lights. There is no evidence of drug or alcohol intoxication, or speed was a factor, said VSP. The investigation is still...
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel project reaches major milestone on new tunnel
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel project reaches major milestone on new tunnel

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel project has reached a major milestone. Chessie, the tunnel boring machine that was clearing the way, completed her mining mission this week. CBBT is adding a new two-lane tunnel that’s about a mile long. Chessie started working in February 2023, but in May 2023, she hit an obstruction that CBBT announced was a ship’s anchor made in England at the turn of the 20th century. Chessie was out of work for 8 months while it was removed. In May 2024, Chessie returned to work pushing along at an average of about 50 feet a day, according to the CBBT. On Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, CBBT announced Chessie reached her destination on Two Island. Mining was paused to allow the contractor time to remove the temporary bracing struts and steel beams that were in pla...
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VSP investigating 9-vehicle crash in VA Beach involving unknown vehicle
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VSP investigating 9-vehicle crash in VA Beach involving unknown vehicle

Virginia State Police confirmed there is an investigation underway into an incident involving an unknown vehicle linked to a 9-vehicle crash in Virginia Beach. The incident occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m. on I-64 East at Indian River Rd. According to VSP, an unknown vehicle “became disabled” in a traffic lane and stopped in the path of traffic. That caused other vehicles to have stop abruptly, and they began crashing into one another, said VSP. Meanwhile, the vehicle that was disabled left the scene, VSP reported. One the individuals involved was injured and transported for treatment. That person’s injuries were non-life-threatening, police said. Follow the Watchful Eye on Twitter, Facebook,  Instagram , Rumble & YouTube to keep up with what's happeni...
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Newport News woman dies after 3-vehicle crash in Hampton
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Newport News woman dies after 3-vehicle crash in Hampton

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. (Photo: VSP) When Wagenmann crashed, it pushed Temple’s Buick in...
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VSP investigating fatal crash in Northumberland
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VSP investigating fatal crash in Northumberland

Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Northumberland on Christmas Eve. Details remain limited but VSP said it responded to the incident at about 2 a.m. In Burgess, there as a single-car crash involving a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt less than one-third of a mile from the intersection of Rt. 360 and Rt. 200. The car ran off the right side of the road, the westbound side, and struck a tree, VSP reported. The driver, Angela Dawn Lewis, a 50-year-old Callao resident, was not wearing her seatbelt and died at the scene from her injuries. This is a developing story. Subscribe for updates. WATCH: +50 Year Olds Busted for Drug House in Gloucester Follow the Watchful Eye on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram to keep up with what's hap...
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Police-involved crash in James City County sends officer & teen to hospital
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Police-involved crash in James City County sends officer & teen to hospital

The Christmas Eve closure of the intersection at Richmond Road and Rochambeau Drive in James City County was due to a police-involved crash that sent two people to the hospital. According to the findings of a preliminary investigation conducted by Virginia State Police, at approximately 6:00 p.m., a JCC officer was going east on Rt. 60 (Rochambeau Drive) heading through the stop light at Richmond Rd. A pickup truck driven by Marvin Lima-Ortega, disregarded a red light from the left turn lane, cutting in front of the officer, VSP stated. The JCC officer didn’t have time to react and t-boned the pickup. Upon impact, a 17-year-old male passenger in the pickup truck was thrown from the vehicle. Shortly after the incident, James City County Police Dept. stated that its officer and the tee...
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Driver seriously injured in New Kent turn-over crash
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Driver seriously injured in New Kent turn-over crash

The driver of the tractor-trailer that overturned on Pocahontas Trail in New Kent on Tuesday was seriously injured, Virginia State Police Sgt. Jessica Shehan confirmed. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. near the 4100 block of Pocahontas Trail (Route 60) just west of Toe Ink Wayside. Shehan said the driver, Santos Adan Rios Reyes, a 49-year-old Manassas Park man, stated he crashed because he took his eyes off the roadway to grab something inside the vehicle. After he ran off the roadway, he over corrected, overturned and his load spilled in the road. The incident shut down all lanes of Pocahontas Trail eastbound near Toe Ink Wayside with VSP estimating the cleanup to be over 3 hours. Reyes was transported to the hospital. Shehan reported that he was not wearing a seatbelt ...
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VDOT testing parking space availability app in Northern VA, could expand to Fredericksburg
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VDOT testing parking space availability app in Northern VA, could expand to Fredericksburg

VDOT is testing the ParkZen app at select parking lots in Northern Virginia and those who participate are eligible for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card. ParkZen is an app that shows the availability of parking spaces in real time. VDOT began testing the app last month. The hope is making it easier to find parking in commuter lots will encourage more people to park and carpool or take public transit. "Commuters have told us that not knowing whether parking is available at commuter lots is a deterrent to using transit, carpools, vanpools, and slugging,” said Amy McElwain, program manager for VDOT’s Office of Strategic Innovations. “We know that taking the guesswork out of parking makes it easier for commuters to get out of their single-occupant vehicles. However, the challenge ha...
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Found: Virginia Beach man accused of hitting state trooper and fleeing the scene
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Found: Virginia Beach man accused of hitting state trooper and fleeing the scene

A 23-year-old Virginia Beach man who allegedly hit a state trooper amid a getaway has been found and is in Virginia Beach City Jail. According to Virginia State Police, at approximately 5:16 this morning, troopers attempted to make a reckless driving stop on a blue Dodge Charger that was traveling 125 mph in a 55 mph zone on I-264 East near Laskin Road. The car didn’t stop, VSP claims, and a police chase ensued. The Charger got off the highway on the Birdneck Road exit ramp. When the car made a right on Americus Way, troopers were able to block it in because it’s a dead end road, VSP stated. The driver, who VSP alleges is Jayden Markel Wallace, accelerated towards the side of a trooper’s vehicle but was “unsuccessful,” VSP Sgt. Michelle Anaya reported. At that point, a trooper ...
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Man sentenced to 8 years for Leesburg road rage incident
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Man sentenced to 8 years for Leesburg road rage incident

Ricardo Osiel Avilez Blanco, a 28-year-old Leesburg man extradited back to Virginia for a road rage case, was convicted of attempted malicious wounding and sentenced to 8 years. The incident occurred in October 2023. According to information presented by the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Avilez Blanco was driving a white Chevrolet Camaro and started tailgating a man and his son. In the midst of congested traffic, Avilez Blanco did several “burnouts” around the victim’s vehicle and “aggressively followed” the victim into the parking lot of Heritage High School. First, Avilez Blanco pressed the Camaro’s front bumper against the rear bumper of the victim’s vehicle and proceeded to do another burnout, the Commonwealth noted. The victim and Avilez Blanco got out of thei...
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