Friday, February 27, 2015

ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN IS KILLED: DEADLY CRASH INVOLVING VDOT SNOWPLOW TRUCK






FEBRUARY 27, 2015

WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Virginia State Police are investigating a deadly crash involving a state-owned snowplow truck. 

The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Thursday night along the 2800 block of Lee Highway in the Town of Meadowview in Washington County. 

VDOT confirms one of its snow plow trucks was involved in the deadly pedestrian accident.  State police shut down the highway for around eight hours Thursday night as they tried to figure out the cause of the accident. 

"This is the reconstruction team...we're going back and doing all the measurements of the accident scene itself," said Daniel Price, Virginia State Police. 

As of Friday morning, the name of the victim has not been released. Virginia State Police say their investigation is ongoing.