Three from Va. and one from N.J. killed in wrecks
A 51-year-old Emporia woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash early yesterday morning in Greensville County.
Virginia State Police said Eugenia Bowman Depriest died at the time of the 12:17 a.m. collision on state Route 611, 1 mile west of state Route 1007. She was driving a car that veered into incoming traffic and hit another car head-on, police said. She was not wearing a seat belt, authorities said.
State police reported three other road fatalities yesterday, bringing Virginia's 2008 highway death toll to 409, compared with 500 at the same time last year.
Cameron Owen May, 17, of Brookneal died at 12:40 a.m. yesterday at the scene of a crash on state Route 40, just east of state Route 880 in Halifax County. Police said he lost control of the car, which ran off the road and struck a tree. May, who police said was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected.
Rosevelt Rogers, 70, of New Jersey died at 1:20 p.m. Saturday in a crash on Interstate 95, just north of Exit 143 in Stafford County. Police said Rogers lost control of the car, which struck a bridge, rolled one time and came to rest on the shoulder of the highway. He was wearing a seat belt, police said.
Nicole J. Lambert, 26, of Virginia Beach died at 1:32 p.m. Saturday, about 20 minutes after a crash on Blackwater Road, 1 mile north of Ives Road in Virginia Beach. Police said Lambert came out of a sharp turn and lost control of the car, which ran off the road and flipped. She was not wearing a seat belt, police said.