A Woodbridge man faces charges in a fatal crash on Virginia roads over the Memorial Day weekend – one of seven deadly crashes that occurred on state roads.
Thomas J. Smith, of Woodbridge, faces reckless driving charges in a crash that occurred early Saturday morning on Interstate 95 near Lorton. Rashid K. Humphreys, 30, of Yonkers, N.Y., was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car. He was taken to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, Virginia State Police reported.
A second passenger inside the car, Robert D. Brown, Jr., of Fredericksburg, suffered minor injuries and were not transported for treatment.
Overall, there were seven traffic deaths on Virginia roadways overt the holiday Memorial Day weekend (observed by police from midnight Friday to noon Tuesday). The number of deaths is the lowest they have been in four years, when the fatality count for the same time period was also seven in 2009.
In 2012, a total of 12 people were killed on Memorial Day weekend in traffic-related crashes. In 2008, a total of 13 people lost their lives on Virginia roads over the holiday weekend.
This year, The seven reported traffic deaths occurred in the City of Newport News, and the counties of Amelia, Carroll, Fairfax, Patrick and Southampton.
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