by James Ritch | Jun 14, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report – On June 13, 2022, at approximately 7:24 p.m., Virginia State Police were called to investigate a single-vehicle crash in Accomack County that resulted in a fatality. The driver and sole occupant of a 2006 Ford Mustang, 17-year-old Joshua Antonio...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — Virginia State Police are investigating a vehicle crash involving a 74-year-old female pedestrian that resulted in a fatality. The crash occurred last evening, Monday, April 4, at 23135 Lankford Highway (Route 13), just north of Courthouse Ave....
by James Ritch | Mar 28, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — With the collaboration of the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office, the Accomack County Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Virginia State Police, two South Carolina residents were arrested and charged with multiple felonies. On Sunday morning,...
by James Ritch | Mar 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Four fatal crashes on Route 13 since Jan. 25, resulting in six deaths and additional injuries, left Eastern Shore residents and officials asking questions about highway safety. In two additional, nonfatal incidents reported by police in February, an...
by James Ritch | Mar 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Chincoteague Mayor Arthur Leonard and Accomack County Supervisor Billy Joe Tarr formally presented to state police new equipment that will improve vehicle crash investigations, including decreasing the time it takes police to do their work and get...