Three men died after separate single-vehicle crashes on Saturday, the Virginia State Police said.

Ermel Lynton Hunt Jr, 61, of Vansant in Buchanan County was westbound on U.S. 58 in Scott County at 5 p.m. when he drove his pickup truck off the right shoulder, overcorrected and struck an embankment. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said. He died at the scene.

Donald Phyllow Ledbetter Jr., 39, of Rocky Mount was fatally injured when his motorcycle ran off the left side of Trail Drive in Franklin County and struck a utility pole at 5:45 p.m. He was wearing a helmet, state police said. He died at Franklin Memorial Hospital.

Willie Fitzgerald Howell, 42, of Suffolk lost control of a car on Godwin Road at 10:05 p.m. when the right rear tire came apart, police said. The car flipped several times and he was ejected. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to police. He died at the scene.

The fatalities brought the state's highway 2008 death toll to 453, compared with 548 at the same time last year.