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Albemarle County: Afton man dies from injuries in single-vehicle crash

Chris Graham
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A single-vehicle crash in Albemarle County on Monday took the life of an Afton man.

Units from Albemarle County Fire Rescue and Albemarle County Police Department responded to a report of the crash on the 300 block of Ortman Road at 8 a.m. Monday.

The driver of the vehicle, 71-year-old Roger Lee Durrette of Afton, died at the scene of the crash.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Albemarle County Police Department’s Fatal Crash Reconstruction Team.

This is the 13th traffic fatality crash investigated by ACPD in 2022.

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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