Rocky Mount man killed in crash

A Rocky Mount man was killed in a crash Wednesday afternoon.

Virginia State Police say the crash happened at about 4:30pm, on Route 643 near its intersection with Route 821 in Franklin County.

Troopers say Homer Graham was headed south in his pickup truck, when he ran off the road, hit a mailbox, overcorrected and then hit a tree on the othe side of the road.


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Investigators say Graham wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.