Accidents and Emergencies

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (33+ words) Four people were injured, three seriously, after a two-vehicle crash at the 22nd Street Bridge in Chesapeake Saturday evening, according to the Chesapeake Police Department. More information: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/four-injured-three-seriously-after-two-vehicle-crash-at-the-22nd-street-bridge-in-chesapeake/...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (34+ words) A fatal single-vehicle crash occurred in the area of Land of Promise Road and Whittamore Road in Chesapeake on Saturday, Sept. 12. at around 5:20 a.m. More information: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/fatal-crash-on-land-of-promise-road/...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (114+ words) LYNCHBURG Va. (WSET) — Police are investigating a fatal crash in Lynchburg. On Saturday, Sept. 12, around 9 p.m., officers with the Lynchburg Police Department and crews with the Lynchburg Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle accident in the 3300 block of Campbell Avenue....

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (388+ words) When a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia in early August, Colombian American Yailenne Escobar knew she had to do something about it. So she brought Colombia to Williamsburg through salsa. According to the United Nations, over 400 people are missing, 300 people…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (56+ words) Chesapeake firefighters are still working to fully extinguish a large mulch fire in Bowers Hill after the fire broke out at a construction facility on South Military Highway. Chesapeake firefighters are still working to fully extinguish a large mulch fire…...

5+ day, 5+ min ago   (50+ words) The smoke coming from a fire that has burned for more than 12 hours in Chesapeake is blowing north toward the Hodges Manor neighborhood, across High Street, the Western Freeway and past Craney Island toward Hampton, according to WAVY Chief Meteorologist…...

1+ week, 12+ min ago   (177+ words) A pregnant woman, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver Thursday night in Woodbridge, Virginia, delivered her child, who died hours later, according to Prince William County Police. A 24-year-old woman, in the third trimester of her pregnancy, and a…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (128+ words) One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Interstate 66 in Fairfax County, according to Virginia State Police. Troopers were called to the crash around 4:10 p.m. in the westbound I-66 Express Lanes near the Dunn Loring-Merrifield Metro station. Traffic was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (682+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — Changes could eventually be coming to Lafayette Boulevard as Norfolk transportation officials consider ways to slow drivers, improve pedestrian and bicycle safety and address a corridor with hundreds of crashes reported over the past decade. The Norfolk Department…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (637+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk is moving closer to demolishing the former Military Circle Mall, with city officials saying they hope to complete the contracting process within the next week and begin work tied to the demolition in October. Officials confirmed the…...