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.