Wrecks on Virginia roads kill eight

The death Wednesday of a man injured May 13 in a two-vehicle crash in Henry County has raised the 2009 state highway death toll to 252. That is 50 fewer than the total at this time last year.

Johnny O. Bond, 80, of Mayodan, N.C., was a passenger in a car that was leaving a business when it was struck by another car on U.S. 220, police said. He was wearing a seat belt, police said.

Franklin T. Garrett III of Annandale died Monday at Inova Fairfax Hospital after he lost control of a southbound motorcycle that day in a curve on South Washington Street and fell and slid into a stopped car near Tinners Hill Street, authorities said. He was wearing a helmet, police said.

Earlier that day, John Y. Roseberry III, 20, of Nokesville died at the scene of a crash in Prince William County. He was a passenger in a vehicle that was eastbound on Colvin Lane when it went out of control at Bluegrass Court and struck three mailboxes and a tree, police said. He was wearing a seat belt, police said.

Authorities also reported four other fatalities:

• Janet E. Reichley, 60, of Triangle died Sunday at the scene of a crash in Prince William County. She was driving east on Fuller Heights Road when the vehicle crossed onto Perry Street and hit a tree. She was wearing a seat belt, police said.

• Chase A. Smith, 20, of Chesapeake was killed May 2 after he wrecked a motorcycle and was thrown more than 100 feet into the woods off Taylor Road in Chesapeake. He was wearing a helmet, police said.

• Heidi Hrdlicka, 33, of Arlington County was killed May 12 after a car hit a bicycle she was on at North Cleveland Street and Lee Highway in Arlington.

Kimberly M. Dulaney, 24, and 3-year-old Samantha B. Dulaney, both of Floyd County, were killed Sunday after a car they were in tried to avoid a goose and spun out and hit a tree. Neither was wearing a seat belt, police said.

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