Five killed in wrecks on Va. roads
A 39-year-old Gloucester man died early Sunday when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed, Virginia State Police said.
Beverly Wade Chandler was driving east on state Route 198, just east of Route 608 in Gloucester County when the car crossed the center line, sideswiped another vehicle, ran off the road and hit a mailbox and then some trees. Chandler, who was wearing a seat belt, died at 9:33 a.m. at the scene, state police said.
He was among five people who died on Virginia roads in the last several days, bringing the total to 143 yesterday, compared with 148 at the same time last year, state police said.
John N. Wood, 40, of Stafford County, died Sunday at the scene of the accident at 3:10 a.m. at Route 610 and Furnace Drive in Stafford, state police said. The car he was driving ran off the road and hit a curb, causing the car to travel in the opposite direction and then collide with a pole. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.
Audrey Patricia Boyd, 56, of Nuttsville, died Saturday in a crash at about 3:30 p.m., on state Route 354, just south of Route 680 in Lancaster County. The car she was driving ran off the road and struck several trees. She was wearing a seat belt, state police said.
Vu Tuan Hoang, 20, of Ashburn, died at 2:11 a.m. Friday at the scene of a crash on Interstate 95, just south of U.S. 17 in Spotsylvania County. Hoang's vehicle ran off the road, struck an embankment and overturned. Hoang, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected, state police said.
Linda Anne Thornburgh, 59, of Gainesville, died in a crash Thursday at 7:51 p.m. at U.S. 15 and Route 701 in Prince William County. Thornburgh, who was wearing a seat belt, was traveling north on U.S. 17, veered into the southbound lane and hit a tractor-trailer head-on, police said. -- Juan Antonio Lizama 
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