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North Carolina truck driver indicted in July 1 fatal crash in Sussex County

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A Sussex County grand jury handed down an indictment to a North Carolina truck driver in connection with a July 1 fatal crash on Route 460.

Thurman E. Taylor, 59, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and unlawful wounding in relation to the crash.

According to Virginia State Police, Taylor was driving a 2014 International Prostar tractor trailer that struck a VDOT crash truck in the right lane of Route 460 near the intersection with George Town Road.

The tractor trailer then veered to left, overcorrected, and struck a second VDOT vehicle. The second VDOT vehicle was then pushed into a ditch.

The tractor-trailer then struck an embankment and third VDOT vehicle.

Two VDOT employees working outside a vehicle were injured in the crash and transported to an area hospital.

One of the VDOT employees, Robert D. Cox, 40, of Chesapeake, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

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