Two men were arrested last night and charged with reckless driving in connection with Tuesday's fatal motorcycle accident on the Manchester Bridge.
Joseph Christopher Greene, 32, of the 3900 block of Glenwood Avenue in Richmond, and Jorge J. Diaz Jr., 32, of the 4500 block of Hunter Landing Drive in Chesterfield County, have each been charged with reckless driving by engaging in a race between two or more motor vehicles on a highway. The charge is a misdemeanor.
Bradley James Ferguson, 21, of Glen Allen, died around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday after his motorcycle crashed on the bridge. The initial investigation showed that speed was a factor in the crash.
The accident closed the southbound lanes of the bridge for more than six hours, forcing evening commuters to seek alternate routes across the James River.
In another highway death yesterday, Wayne Antoine Ellsworth, 45, of Capron was killed in a wreck in Isle of Wight County, according to Virginia State Police. When his car ran off the righthand side of state Route 258, he overcorrected, crossed both lanes and hit the ditch on the left side. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The number of traffic fatalities so far this year is 152. Last year at the same time, 220 fatalities had occurred.
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