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A community gathers to remember two children killed in Lexington car accident
Around a hundred people came out to honor two children Thursday evening. Jaden Baker, who was just eight, and her 4-year-old cousin Delaney Bishopriggs, died last Friday night in a car wreck on the U-S 11 Bypass Bridge in Lexington. Dozens of candles...
Tags: Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents
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UPDATE: Driver may have had medical emergency before crashing into two Roanoke County homes
Roanoke County police say the driver of a car who crashed into two homes Friday morning may have had a medical emergency. The accident happened around 6:30 a.m. on Kingsmill Drive, near the Roanoke County/Salem line. Investigators say the driver...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents
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UPDATE: In two separate incidents, cars crash into Roanoke homes
A female driver and a male passenger were inside the car that crashed into a home on Houston Avenue in Roanoke on Thursday. The incident took place around 10:08 a.m. in the 300 block of Houston Avenue, following a separate incident Thursday morning where...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents
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Man in motorcycle accident on Interstate 81 facing charges
The man driving a motorcyle that wrecked on Interstate 81 is facing charges. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. near Salem on Friday. It backed up traffic for more than two miles. State troopers say the man was riding north when traffic ahead...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents
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UPDATE: Nebraska coupled killed in small plane crash in Williamsburg, Virginia
Virginia State Police have released the names of a Nebraska couple killed in a plane crash near Williamsburg. Spokeswoman Corinne Geller says 54-year-old pilot Joseph D. Brown IV and his wife, 52-year-old Susan D. Brown, died when a single-engine Cessna...
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Accidental Death, James City County, Air and Space Accidents
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UPDATED: Rockbridge County brush fire is 70 percent contained
Multimedia JournalistThe U.S. Forest Service says firefighters have contained about 70 percent of a brush fire on Elephant Mountain near Buena Vista. Forest Service spokesman Michael Williams tells media outlets that it could take several days to extinguish the fire....Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Fires
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Carilion's Life-Guard helicopter in Franklin County is being replaced
WDBJ7 News DirectorPhotographs online and in social media, and WDBJ7 video of Life-Guard 11 flying a victim of Friday’s mall shooting from Christiansburg to Roanoke, are among the most iconic of that scene. Life-Guard 11 is one of three flight-for-life helicopters...Tags: Heart Attack, Air and Space Accidents
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Pedestrian killed on Route 460 in Bedford County identified
Virginia State Police have identified the pedestrian killed Friday morning on Route 460 in Bedford County. She has been identified as 30-year-old Sheena Frame of Thaxton. Investigators say Frame was walking on Route 460 West before dawn, near Irving...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Bedford County (Virginia)
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UPDATE: Tractor-trailer driver who caused I-81 wreck in Wythe Co. facing drug charges
The tractor-trailer driver who investigators say caused the crash Monday on Interstate 81 South that shut down the road for several hours in Wythe County is now facing drug charges. Jamie Richardson was originally charged with reckless driving and...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Strawberries
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Roanoke County police looking for hit and run suspect
The Roanoke County Police Department is requesting assistance to identify the driver who was involved in an early morning crash. On April 13, 2013, an unknown vehicle crashed into the side entrance of Blissful Nails Salon in Oak Grove Plaza. No...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents
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UPDATE: Man killed on Wirtz Road in Franklin County
A former WDBJ7 employee was killed Friday after being hit by a dump truck in Franklin County. Grant Plaskon died in the accident on the 3200 block of Wirtz Road on Friday morning. Plaskon graduated from Cave Spring High School. He worked as a...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents
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Man killed in Pulaski County motorcycle accident
A Parrot man died in a motorcycle accident Wednesday in Pulaski County. According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, George E. Page lost control of his Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highland Road shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday. The...
Tags: Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents
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