Despite the light work week for highway crews due to the July 4 holiday, drivers will still have some overnight road closures at Courthouse Road in Stafford County.
VDOT will suspend many highway work zones and lift most lane closures on interstates and other major roads in Virginia through noon Tuesday, July 5 for the Fourth of July holiday weekend
By Tyler Arnold
(The Center Square) – As gas prices are still hovering around record highs set this month, Virginians may have to pay a little more once a nearly 3-cent gas tax increase goes into effect Friday.
A Stafford County woman died after the car she was riding in ran off the road and struck a tree.
On Monday, June 27th, at 10:41 a.m., deputies went to a crash in the 1400 block of Route 1, near M & M Auto Parts. Deputies arrived to find a 2009 Dodge Journey had crashed into a tree, injuring the driver and a fron front seat passenger.
One person is dead following a crash on Route 1 in Stafford County.
The crash occurred near M&M Auto Parts, near Eskimo Hill Road. The county sheriff has not released details on the crash or the victim.
A Woodbridge, Va. man faces multiple charges following a pursuit on Interstate 95 early Sunday, June 26.
At 2:56 a.m., a Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop a Dodge Charger traveling south on I-95 near Exit 163 for Lorton. The traffic stop was for the license plate being reported stolen from Maryland.
On June 24, the Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the driver killed in a single-vehicle crash in the 3700 block of Graham Park Road in Triangle on June 11 is Timothy Dewaine Gunn, 54, of Dumfries.
The investigation revealed that a 2007 Toyota Camry driver was traveling westbound on Graham Park Road at 3:24 a.m. when the driver lost control of the vehicle, crossing the double yellow line and striking a tree. The car then caught fire and became fully engulfed in flames.
The driver of a 2016 Ford Focus was traveling westbound on Old Bridge Road, just past Cape Cod Court, when the vehicle left the roadway and drove onto the sidewalk where the vehicle then struck a pedestrian who was walking his dog.
The vehicle continued traveling before it struck a communications box and a power pole, causing the pole to snap and fall into the roadway. Officers and bystanders provided first aid to the pedestrian until rescue personnel arrived.
