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Dinwiddie County: Petersburg man dies from injuries in single-vehicle crash

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A Petersburg man died in a single-vehicle crash on Route 40 in Dinwiddie County early Saturday.

According to Virginia State Police, a 2010 Ford Fusion driven by Emmett Wendell Washington III, 29, of Petersburg, ran off the road to the right, overcorrected, crossed the left side of the roadway and struck a tree around 2 a.m. on Saturday.

Washington died at the scene.

This crash remains under investigation.

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