Crash kills two in Highland Springs

Two people died from injuries received in a two-vehicle crash Friday at South Holly Avenue and Pleasant Street in Highland Springs.

Henrico County police and fire responded to the crash in east Henrico at about 5:45 p.m.

Police said David B. Hicks, 58, of South Ivy Avenue and Harriet G. Meadowcroft, 78, of Longstreet Avenue were killed in the crash. Both addresses are in Highland Springs.

Hicks was driving a Dodge Dakota pickup truck, police said, and a passenger was not seriously injured. Meadowcroft was driving a Chevrolet Malibu.

"The cause of the crash is under investigation by our crash team members," said Lt. Tom Slayton of Patrol Operations.

-- Tammie Smith