
Labor Day weekend traffic crashes claim six lives in Virginia
Six traffic deaths were reported in Virginia over the Labor Day holiday weekend, down from 10 over the 2021 Labor Day holiday.

Six traffic deaths were reported in Virginia over the Labor Day holiday weekend, down from 10 over the 2021 Labor Day holiday.

The Commonwealth’s Patriot Day Ceremony will be held on Monday, Sept. 12, at 11 a.m. in the Heilman Amphitheater at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.

The Virginia State Police has issued a summons to a Pennsylvania truck driver for making an unsafe lane change resulting in an accident on Interstate 81 in Augusta County that closed the northbound lanes of the highway for several hours.

A Staunton man who attempted to run over law enforcement officers serving arrest warrants was sentenced last week to 57 months in federal prison.

Virginia State Police is investigating a single-vehicle crash which resulted in a fatality. The crash occurred Sunday at 10:39 a.m. on Interstate 81 southbound at the 135.5-mile marker in Roanoke County.

Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal chain-reaction crash that occurred in Henrico County at 12:59 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 64 at the 196-mile marker.

Virginia State Police responded to a single single-vehicle crash on the ramp to I-64 east from I-295 northbound, Exit 53 B in Henrico County, on Wednesday at 1:20 a.m.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is pushing Fairfax County to address a manpower shortage in its local police department, but Fairfax County is hardly alone among communities having trouble hiring cops.

Virginia State Police is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Shenandoah County that occurred on Sunday at 3:50 p.m. along Interstate 81 at the 291 exit ramp.

Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash northbound on I-95 just before Exit 63, Willis Road, on Sunday at 10:07 a.m.
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