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    <title>Traffic News for Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
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          <title>UPDATE: I&#45;64 eastbound reopened in Goochland County</title>
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A possible hazardous materials incident prompted authorities to close Interstate 64 eastbound in Goochland County for several hours this morning. The Virginia Department of Transportation said authorities were concerned that smoke from a truck carrying undetermined chemicals could pose a threat, so they closed I-64&#8217;s eastbound lanes near Exit 173, the Rockville-Manakin interchange. All lanes were reopened by lunchtime.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:26:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: Parham Road detour at Midway Road</title>
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Traffic on southbound Parham Road in Henrico County is being detoured at Midway Road because of problems with an overhead utility line after a crash. 
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          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:29:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Boulevard and Broad intersection reopens after wreck</title>
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The intersection of West Broad Street and North Boulevard was clogged this morning by a multi-vehicle accident in which one vehicle overturned. Richmond police began diverting traffic around the intersection following the crash, which occurred shortly before 10 a.m. Police said one person was injured. The intersection reopened about 11:20.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:06:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>2 hurt in Chesterfield crash</title>
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A Chesterfield County fire truck responding to an apartment fire collided with a car on Jefferson Davis Highway last night, injuring the car&#8217;s two occupants. The crash victims were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, said Chesterfield fire Capt. Robby Dawson. The three firefighters on the truck were not hurt, he said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: Wreck blocks I&#45;95 ramp in Petersburg</title>
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A wreck is blocking the exit ramp from southbound Interstate 95 to Wagner Road in Petersburg. Virginia State Police said the wreck occurred about 5:30 a.m. They report no injuries. Further details were not immediately available.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:46:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Essex and Hopewell men killed in crashes</title>
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An Essex County man was killed yesterday when his car ran off U.S. 17 in Caroline County and overturned, Virginia State Police said. Brian C. Russell, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 10 a.m. crash, about one-tenth of a mile north of state Route 617. Police said Russell was traveling south when his car ran off the right side of the road and struck a guardrail and several trees before overturning. Russell, who police said wasn&#8217;t wearing a seat belt, was ejected. The wreck remains under investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>No Street Beat</title>
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There is no Street Beat column today. Street Beat will return Sept. 27.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:01:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Wreck on I&#45;95 cleared</title>
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It didn&#8217;t take a govenor&#8217;s order to clear a wreck on Interstate 95, after all.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:46:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>2 firefighters hurt in crash with pickup truck</title>
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Two Chesterfield County firefighters were slightly injured yesterday when their fire engine collided with a pickup truck as they pulled from a fire station on Iron Bridge Road, authorities said. The unidentified firefighters and pickup driver were taken to VCU Medical Center with minor injuries. A third firefighter aboard the engine was not hurt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: Wreck cleared on Iron Bridge Road in Chesterfield</title>
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Officials have reopened a section of eastbound Iron Bridge Road (state Route 10) that had been closed from Rock Spring Drive to Cogbill Road today following a collision between a fire truck and pickup truck that injured two Chesterfield County firefighters.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:54:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC UPDATE: All three interstate wreck scenes cleared</title>
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All  three interstate wreck scenes that were jamming Richmond-area traffic have now been cleared, the Virginia Department of Transportation said this afternoon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:34:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: I&#45;64 west in Goochland closed at mile marker 171</title>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon that Interstate 64 west is closed at mile marker 171 in Goochland County because of a wreck involving a van and three commercial trucks, one of which dumped concrete across the highway.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:10:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: Rig crashes on I&#45;95 south at Belvidere</title>
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Interstate 95 southbound traffic through downtown Richmond slowed this morning after a tractor-trailer crashed near the Belvidere Street interchange. The driver of the rig was complaining of lower back pain following the wreck, which occurred just before 9:30 a.m. The truck, carrying asphalt, crashed into the guardrail along the right shoulder near Exit 76-B and came to rest tilting over to its right side.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:40:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>One killed in crash near Bryan Park</title>
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One person was killed and another slightly injured early yesterday in a single-vehicle crash on the ramp from eastbound Interstate 64 to southbound Interstate 95 just south of Richmond&#8217;s Bryan Park. Virginia State Police Sgt. Mitchell A. Smith said the crash occurred at 2:10 a.m. and involved a sport utility vehicle that went off the road, ejecting the driver.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: Water main break closes Jahnke Road near Spruance Road</title>
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Jahnke Road is closed in both directions near the Spruance Road intersection until midnight because of a water main break, Richmond utility officials said this afternoon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:06:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: Delays possible as cargo plane fuselage is delivered to Fort Lee tonight</title>
          <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/traffic/article/traffic_alert_delays_possible_as_cargo_plane_fuselage_is_delivered_to_fort_/287485/</link>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation says drivers should expect periodic road closures and delays tonight on Temple Avenue and Oaklawn Boulevard in the Fort Lee area because of the delivery of a huge C-17 cargo aircraft fuselage that will be used for training. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:26:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Crews dig deep to build bridge in N.Va.</title>
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The Purple Heart Bridge over the Occoquan River is being widened to catch up with years of traffic growth in Northern Virginia. The bridge, built in the early 1990s, links Prince William and Fairfax counties and has long been known as a major bottleneck along Interstate 95. The $123 million widening project will add a fourth lane to I-95 between Occoquan and Springfield, on both sides of the highway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC UPDATE: Cleanup continues at state Route 10, Chippenham Parkway</title>
          <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/traffic/article/traffic_alert_ramp_from_state_route_10_east_to_route_150_south_chippenham_c/286555/</link>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation says the ramps from state Route 10 east to Route 150 south (Chippenham Parkway) and from Route 150 south to Route 10 east were closed this morning because of an overturned tractor-trailer. The Virginia Department of Transportation said the ramp from 150 south to Route 10 east was reopened about 1 p.m., but the ramp from Route 10 east to 150 south remained closed. Cleanup was expected to last until 4 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:53:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Route 288 reopens at Iron Bridge Road after wreck</title>
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State Route 288 was closed for several hours this morning after a crash involving two tractor-trailers. Virginia State Police Sgt. Thomas J. Molnar said two people were taken to hospitals to be checked out after the 12:10 a.m. wreck, which occurred in the southbound lanes. The road remained closed until about 7 a.m. as crews cleaned up the wreckage from the two rigs as well as the spilled contents of one vehicle. One of the rigs was empty, but the other was hauling 70,000 pounds of plastic products, Molnar said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:52:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: I&#45;295 south in Henrico slowed after tractor&#45;trailer strikes overpass</title>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation says this morning the right lane and shoulder on Interstate 295 south in Henrico County are closed at mile marker 27 after a tractor-trailer hit an overpass and spilled diesel fuel.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:08:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: Sign work tonight on I&#45;64 between Staples Mill and Parham roads</title>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon it will close all but one lane in each direction on Interstate 64 between mile markers 185 (Staples Mill Road) and 181 (Parham Road) tonight and tomorrow night from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. for overhead sign maintenance. VDOT warns to expect major delays.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:06:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: I&#45;64 East reopens at Nine Mile Road</title>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon that I-64 East at Nine Mile Road in Henrico County has reopened after having been closed because of an overturned dump truck that spilled its load of gravel.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:45:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Traffic deaths still high in 3 Richmond&#45;area localities</title>
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In a year when Virginia traffic deaths fell to the lowest level in decades, three Richmond-area localities still were among the state&#8217;s leaders in highway fatalities. Chesterfield County, Henrico County and Richmond accounted for more than 8 percent of the people who died on Virginia roads in 2008. Sixty-eight people died in those three jurisdictions last year, compared with 821 statewide&#8212;the lowest level since Virginia began keeping the records more than 40 years ago and a 20 percent decrease from 2007.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:01:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Street Beat</title>
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 Q:Per your response in the July 5 Street Beat column regarding my frustration with the roundabout or circle or whatever the heck it is at Midlothian Turnpike and Winterfield Road. Were you able to find out anything about what&#8217;s going on with the development (or lack of development!), and whether there might be a chance that the &#8220;roundabout&#8221; can go back to being a &#8220;straightabout&#8221;?&#8212;Gail C.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:01:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: I&#45;95 north ramp to Route 288 at Exit 62 closed</title>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation says today the ramp from Interstate 95 north to Route 288 (Exit 62) in Chesterfield County remains closed because of an overturned tractor trailer. Crews are in removing the trailer from the ramp, which is expcted to reopen about 1 p.m.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:55:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC UPDATE: Blocked northbound  I&#45;85 lane in Dinwiddie County reopens</title>
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A northbound Interstate 85 lane in Dinwiddie County that had been closed after an early morning wreck has reopened.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:06:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: I&#45;95 southbound exit 76 ramp reopened after spill</title>
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The Exit 76 ramp on southbound Interstate 95 south is now open after an earlier granite and fuel spill from a tractor-trailer wreck, the Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:12:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>1 killed, 7 hurt in crash on I&#45;95 in Chesterfield</title>
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A woman suffered fatal injuries and seven other people were sent to hospitals yesterday after a van headed to a family reunion collided with a sport utility vehicle on Interstate 95 in Chesterfield County. Valarie Robinson, 52, of Far Rockaway, N.Y., died from her injures at VCU Medical Center, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Thomas J. Molnar.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:01:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>No Street Beat</title>
          <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/traffic/article/STRTB26_20090725-221404/282223/</link>
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The Street Beat column is taking a week off. It will resume next Sunday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:01:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Flat tire leads to double fatality on I&#45;95 in Richmond</title>
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A flat tire on an interstate bridge cost two people their lives in Richmond early yesterday. Four people got out of the car to fix the flat tire in the left lane of Interstate 95 on the James River Bridge. Another vehicle traveling north on the interstate rammed into the parked car about 12:45 a.m., killing two people standing behind the vehicle in the travel lane.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>STREET BEAT</title>
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Q:Even if VDOT does not have the money to keep open all the restroom facilities at interstate rest stops, why not at least keep the rest stops open for weary travelers to pull over? There have been a number of times when I have pulled over to take a 20to 45-minute refresher nap on a long drive. Dog owners would also appreciate a place to pull over.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Q:Regarding the law on texting while driving: Why are there no billboards with this new law displayed on them? How will visitors to Virginia know? How will the authority know that you are not calling someone from your phone or looking through your contact list to call someone? If you need to text someone back, what do you have to do&#8212;pull over to the side of the road? I thought that was for emergencies?&#8212;Patricia D.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Man killed in Richmond crash</title>
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A 25-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early yesterday morning in South Richmond. It happened shortly after 5 a.m. when a westbound car traveling fast on Hull Street Road near Belt Boulevard collided with an eastbound flatbed wrecker as it was making a left turn, said Richmond police Capt. Scott Booth. Richmond resident Dennis Smith, a front-seat passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Oversized tractor&#45;trailer&#8217;s trips may cause delays in Va.</title>
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An extraordinarily large tractor-trailer will be making three circuitous trips across the state between Newport News and Martinsville beginning Monday, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. The movements may delay motorists traveling near the oversized transport, VDOT warned. The oversized tractor-trailer carrying forging press equipment will travel along designated routes between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. and, if necessary, move to predetermined stops along the route.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:01:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: I&#45;95 south lanes reopened downtown</title>
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Portions of Interstate 95 southbound in downtown Richmond near VCU Medical Center were blocked for several hours this morning after a tractor-trailer accident overnight. No injuries were reported in the crash, which occurred at 3 a.m. when a tractor-trailer overturned at the Exit 74-C interchange, the Broad Street exit. The right and center lanes as well as the off ramp were blocked while crews worked to clear the wreckage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:48:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Congestion slows traffic on I&#45;95 in Stafford</title>
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Traffic backups on northbound Interstate 95 in the Fredericksburg area had grown to nearly 21 miles this evening as of 8 p.m., according to the state Department of Transportation. Congestion and minor accidents backed up traffic in the Fredericksburg area throughout the afternoon and evening but had grown particularly worse tonight at mile marker 140 in Stafford County and mile marker 129 in Spotsylvania County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:28:02 EST</pubDate>
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A Chesterfield County man missing since the early morning hours Friday was located this afternoon by friends and family where his motorcycle crashed in a fatal accident. Chesterfield authorities and State Police said that Ricky Viar, 31, was located by friends in a copse of trees off the Courthouse Road exit of eastbound Powhite Parkway. He was pronounced dead at the scene yesterday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:02:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Circular islands slow traffic on Chimborazo</title>
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Chimborazo Boulevard in Richmond&#8217;s East End doesn&#8217;t fit the typical profile of a drag strip. For starters, it&#8217;s not flat and it&#8217;s relatively narrow. It&#8217;s also fairly bumpy, the result of asphalt being used to pave over aging cobblestones. But as the residents along the row house-lined street will tell you, looks can be deceiving.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:01 EST</pubDate>
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Teaser headline for section front: Annoyance with Midlothian Turnpike roundabout   . . .  Q:Regarding the infamous and much-hated roundabout on Winterfield Road at Midlothian Turnpike&#8212;what&#8217;s going on? It appears that developer ran out of money and has left us daily Winterfield Road drivers stuck driving around the overgrown, unsightly and annoying circle. I&#8217;m still trying to figure out why the roundabout had to be the first thing constructed on this project, considering all the opposition to it. My question: Is there any way that the roundabout could be dismantled and the road put back to the wonderfully straight route it was before? Heh, I bet I could easily gather a bunch of very enthusiastic people and with our sledgehammers, knock that circle down in no time at all. It would be as dramatic and meaningful as when the Berlin Wall was brought down! Any chance of this happening?&#8212;Gail C.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:56:51 EST</pubDate>
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Q:Ever since Jahnke Road was repaved recently, the timing of the traffic light at its intersection with Buford Road is off. Traffic on Buford is backed up for several blocks during rush hour. Even on Sunday morning, there were several of us waiting for the light an unusually long time when no other cars were in sight in any direction. Can the timing be changed back to the way it was?&#8212;June D.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:48 EST</pubDate>
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Dear readers: I have something that will make you really appreciate the condition of area roads today. It&#8217;s the condition they&#8217;ll be in a year from now. As The Times-Dispatch reported on Friday, funding for transportation projects is another victim of the economic downturn. Funding has decreased by a third in two years. Transportation Commissioner David S. Ekern said that available funds will go for pavement and bridge maintenance.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Dear readers: Many people have asked why there are railroad-style crossing gates on some eastbound Interstate 64 ramps. They are part of the state&#8217;s hurricane evacuation plans. During a hurricane, the gates would be lowered to block traffic from getting onto I-64 heading east. Then the eastbound lanes would be reversed to allow more vehicles to evacuate the Hampton Roads area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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Chesterfield police are investigating an early morning crash that killed the driver of a scooter on Jefferson Davis Highway and critically injured the passenger. Frederick Scott Wall, 46, of the 13900 block of Jefferson Davis Highway was killed when the 2006 Qinqi motor scooter he was driving was struck head-on by a car traveling the wrong way on the highway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:44:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: I&#45;64 reopened after tanker truck fire</title>
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A tractor-trailer on fire had both eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 64 closed for several hours overnight. All lanes were reopened by 4:30 a.m. Virginia State Police said the incident was reported about 10:14 p.m. and had stopped traffic at the Parham Road exit. The truck was westbound, but the severity of the fire forced a closure of the interstate in both directions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:17:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Downtown Richmond holes being repaired</title>
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Crews were working last night to fix two large holes in the street in downtown Richmond that were discovered late Friday afternoon after part of a sewer line gave way. Officials had shut down two of four lanes along East Main Street between South Seventh and South Eighth streets while workers repaired the road, said Richmond public utilities spokeswoman Angela Fountain. A parking garage in that block of Main Street will be closed until repairs are finished.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:01:54 EST</pubDate>
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Dear readers: One complaint I hear frequently concerns traffic lights that are badly timed. Readers say red lights last far too long, or green lights are too short. Unfortunately, this is one problem I&#8217;ve had little luck with. The timing is usually based on traffic studies. When I ask the proper authorities about a specific light, I am usually told that the most recent study indicates that the light is timed correctly to best promote the flow of traffic.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:01:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Portion of Broad Street will be closed Sunday for festival</title>
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Broad Street will be closed between Belvidere and Adams streets from midnight tonight to 8 p.m. tomorrow for the second annual Broad Appetit. Richmond police advise using Marshall Street for eastbound traffic and Grace Street for westbound traffic. The &#8220;Smorgasbord in the street&#8221; will feature signature dishes from more than 50 area restaurants at $3 a sample tomorrow from noon to 5 p.m. in the 100-300 blocks of West Broad Street.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:01:39 EST</pubDate>
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Q:Just wondering: If neighborhoods can become truck-free zones, as you recently mentioned, can winding country roads become bicycle free zones? I was almost run off the road again this week by an SUV trying to avoid hitting a group of bikes he encountered on a curve. I don&#8217;t blame the SUV. After all, we both pay license fees and taxes to maintain the roads, and big bucks to support a vehicle that can maintain the speed limit.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Holiday highway death toll in Va. lowest in decade</title>
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Virginia recorded the fewest number of Memorial Day weekend traffic fatalities in at least a decade, according to preliminary numbers released yesterday by Virginia State Police. As of noon yesterday, five people had died on Virginia roadways during the four-day statistical counting period that began at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ended at midnight Monday. That&#8217;s compared with 18 deaths in 14 fatal crashes during the same period last year. The 2008 death toll was the highest since 1998.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:01:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Memorial Day weekend fatalities down</title>
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Memorial Day weekend highway fatalities are significantly down, along with overall numbers for the year. Virginia State Police said yesterday that they had recorded three deaths, compared with 18 last year as of Sunday afternoon. Totals for the year were at 257, compared with 317 last year.   A Bluefield, W.Va., woman, Aliene Lockhart, 70, died at a local hospital there yesterday after the car she was in was struck by an oncoming vehicle yesterday morning. The collision occurred at 10:25 a.m. as the vehicle carrying Lockhart turned left off westbound U.S. 460 onto state Route 1509 in Bluefield, Va. Police said she was wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Q:You gave me some info as to who has the right of way when turning right on red&#8212;even though it wasn&#8217;t the answer I wanted, and I lost a bet with my wife. Having learned my lesson, no bet with my wife this time. Here&#8217;s the scenario. I&#8217;m making a U-turn from an intersection with traffic lights. I&#8217;m in the left-turn lane, in the intersection waiting for traffic to clear. There is no sign prohibiting a U-turn. My light turns yellow, and I proceed to clear the intersection and complete my U-turn. There is a car waiting to turn right, and he believes he has the right of way and honks and makes a rude gesture at me. I, being a gentleman of course, make no retaliatory gesture but continue on my way&#8212;actually, he looked a lot bigger than me&#8212;secure in thinking that I&#8217;m in the right.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 00:01:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>I&#45;95 wreck at Belvidere snarled morning commuter flow</title>
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Interstate 95 traffic in both directions through Richmond was slowed at the height of the morning rush hour by an accident near the Belvidere Street exit. The crash occurred shortly before 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes near Exit 76-B and involved several vehicles. One ambulance was called to the scene of the crash, which occurred in the center and left lanes.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:30:30 EST</pubDate>
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Q:How does one petition to have a residential street designated &#8220;no trucks/commercial vehicles&#8221;? Large numbers of folks walk, run and ride bicycles in my Chesterfield County neighborhood. For safety&#8217;s sake, we need to reduce traffic in this area.&#8212;Jim F. Answer: I&#8217;m all in favor of preserving the endangered practice of walking. To prove my commitment, I sat at my desk and did some research.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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A Halifax County couple from Nathalie died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday when their Jeep left the road and struck a tree. State police reported that Gary V. Anderson, 47, and Rachel Terry Anderson, 49, died at the scene at 8:40 p.m. Both were wearing seat belts, police said. The crash occurred on U.S. 501, three-tenths of a mile south of state Route 795.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Q:Why is VDOT using scarce transportation dollars to resurface Huguenot Road south of Chippenham Parkway when the existing surface looks fine?&#8212;John C. Answer: Because there might be alligators in the road. And that&#8217;s no crock. More than 100 factors are used when deciding which roads will get a pavement overlay, said Dawn Eischen of the Virginia Department of Transportation. &#8220;Looks can be deceiving,&#8220; she said. &#8220;There&#8217;s more to it than merely looking at the pavement: It&#8217;s rather scientific.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: 3&#45;vehicle wreck on Chippenham</title>
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A three-vehicle crash with injuries slowed traffic this morning on the Chippenham Parkway. Three people were injured in the crash, which was reported at 5:39 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the parkway near the Jahnke Road interchange and CJW Medical Center (Chippenham). Emergency crews from Richmond and Chesterfield County as well as Virginia State Police responded to the crash scene, which was in the county.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:05 EST</pubDate>
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A Floyd County woman died Sunday after she lost control of her car and flipped twice on state Route 653 in Floyd County, state police said. Ashley Renee Chaffin, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 10:05 a.m. wreck about a half-mile north of state Route 660. Police said Chaffin was driving north when her car slid off the road in a curve, veered over an embankment and flipped twice, landing on its roof. Police said she wasn&#8217;t wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Q:What is up with the new green and white Henrico County vehicle decals? I took my vehicle in for a state inspection and was told by the inspector that I must remove the decal or the vehicle would be &#8220;rejected&#8221; and not pass the inspection because the decal was too large. I removed the county license, and the vehicle was inspected and passed. As I travel around, I have noticed numerous vehicles have the county license decal displayed on their windshields with current state-inspection decals. What&#8217;s up? I thought all inspection stations in Virginia had the same rules and regulations to abide by as each vehicle must be inspected annually. Looks like some stations are not reading their inspection manuals!&#8212;Irvin D.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Traffic around RIR will be rerouted today, tomorrow</title>
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The Henrico County Department of Public Works is modifying traffic patterns on major routes to Richmond International Raceway in preparation for this weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events. The temporary changes should help minimize traffic congestion during the races. Motorists should expect heavy traffic and delays all day today and tomorrow in the raceway area, especially from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. before the races and 10:15 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. after the races.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: I&#45;95 ramp at Bryan Park reopened</title>
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A single-vehicle accident with injuries prompted Virginia State Police to close an Interstate 95 exit ramp at the Bryan Park interchange in Richmond before dawn today. The accident was reported shortly after 5 a.m. at the Exit 79 interchange and involved two injuries, police said. The ramp was reopened about 6:30.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:46:23 EST</pubDate>
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The Henrico County Department of Public Works is modifying traffic patterns on major routes to Richmond International Raceway in preparation for this weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events. The temporary changes should help minimize traffic congestion during the races. Motorists should expect heavy traffic and delays all day Friday and Saturday in the raceway area, especially from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. before the races and 10:15 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. after the races.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:01:32 EST</pubDate>
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Road work that starts today could cause delays on two major roads in Richmond and Chesterfield County through May. Contractors for the Virginia Department of Transportation will begin repaving sections of Forest Hill Avenue and Huguenot Road on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Traffic will be restricted to one lane during the repaving project, and VDOT encourages drivers to use alternate routes until the work is finished.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:01:01 EST</pubDate>
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Q:I travel Interstate 64 quite a bit. I was wondering what the holdup is on the flyover project and all the construction around it. At first they said it was supposed to be done by February, then by the middle of February. I know it&#8217;s open to one lane. Why haven&#8217;t they opened it to two lanes? It&#8217;s a big bottleneck.&#8212;Alex R. Answer: Isn&#8217;t it a good thing for a bottleneck to be big? I mean, it lets more through that way.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Correction</title>
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A story on Page B10 yesterday included the wrong dates for next weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events at Richmond International Raceway. The race events and traffic delays are Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:01:32 EST</pubDate>
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The Henrico County Department of Public Works will modify traffic patterns on major routes to Richmond International Raceway in preparation for next weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events. The temporary changes should help minimize traffic congestion during the races. Motorists should expect heavy traffic and delays all day May 2 and May 3 in the raceway area, especially from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. before the races and 10:15 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. after the races.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:58 EST</pubDate>
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Q:I just noticed that the damaged and unsightly guardrails around the railroad crossing light support at Huguenot and Robious roads have been removed. If your calls are responsible, thanks!&#8212;Charles Answer: You&#8217;re welcome. I&#8217;ve been working on the railroad. And not just to pass the time away. Norfolk Southern railroad said previously that this work would be done last January. I contacted them again in March, and the damaged guardrails were soon removed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:01:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Roads reopened after fatal high&#45;speed crash south of Lee Bridge</title>
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A horrific, high-speed crash sent an airborne sport utility vehicle into a billboard support at the south end of Lee Bridge early this morning, killing one woman and critically injuring another.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:01:02 EST</pubDate>
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A two-vehicle wreck this morning slowed rush-hour traffic on Interstate 95 southbound near the junction of Interstate 64 westbound at Bryan Park. The wreck occurred about 7 a.m. near I-95&#8217;s exit 79 and involved a pickup truck and a passenger car. The wreck was blocking the center and left lanes on southbound I-95. No injuries were reported, but southbound I-95 traffic quickly backed up as Virginia State Police worked to clear the wreckage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:26:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Va. woman survives 1st crash, not 2nd</title>
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP)&#8212;Virginia State Police say a Lorton woman was struck and killed after her car overturned on Interstate 495.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:11:52 EST</pubDate>
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One man was killed in a two-car wreck early yesterday morning in South Richmond. About 2:15 a.m., a pickup truck headed north on Jefferson Davis Highway hit a car turning south from Atwell Lane onto Jefferson Davis, police said. The car&#8217;s driver, Santo Ruben Almas-Herrera, 48, of the 5400 block of Remanda Drive in Chesterfield County, died at the scene.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:01:26 EST</pubDate>
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STREET BEAT Joggers explain why they like to run in the street B2 Q:Why in the world do runners choose to run in the road instead of on the sidewalk?   Sidewalks are not smooth. Uneven seams aren&#8217;t easy to see and are easy to trip on.   Sidewalks are rarely swept&#8212;think acorns in the fall! At least the road debris gets pushed to the edge by passing cars.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:01:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Manchester Bridge crash victim identified</title>
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Two men were arrested last night and charged with reckless driving in connection with Tuesday&#8217;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.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Richmond police identified the victim of yesterday&#8217;s fatal motorcycle crash on the Manchester Bridge as Bradley James Ferguson, 21, of Glen Allen. Police said Ferguson was southbound on the bridge in downtown Richmond at 3:45 p.m. when he lost control and crashed. Ferguson was declared dead at the scene. Speed was a factor in the crash, according to police, who are continuing their investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Manchester Bridge closed to southbound traffic</title>
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All southbound lanes of the Manchester Bridge are closed due to a traffic accident, Richmond police announced this afternoon. The accident with injuries was reported at 4:38 p.m. The southbound lanes will be closed during the evening, leading to heavy traffic delays, police said. Alternate routes for crossing the river southbound are the Lee Bridge and the Powhite Parkway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:46:16 EST</pubDate>
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Q:There is a problem with people jogging in the street on Forest Hill Avenue early in the morning. Why the street? They are sometimes two or three abreast and you have to move over to keep from hitting them. Recently, during heavy fog, I almost did hit them. There are sidewalks there&#8212;why in the world don&#8217;t they use them?&#8212;C.H.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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Q:Love your column! In your answer about mo-peds and scooters, I have a thought that I think you should add: Mo-peds, which have motors displacing less than 50 cubic centimeters, don&#8217;t have to be insured. I learned the hard way. An uninsured mo-ped sideswiped my car, which was legally parked at my home. The damage was more than $2,000. I was pretty much forced to file a claim with my insurance company rather than just pay for it myself.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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4 die in head-on Culpeper crash They were riding in sedan; police say SUV in wrong lane Four people died after a head-on collision early yesterday between a sport utility vehicle and a sedan on state Route 3 near Stevensburg in Culpeper County. Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Les Tyler said the accident was reported around 2:50 a.m. The victims were identified as Tyler Scott Harlow, 20, and Joseph Lee Sahnow, 20, both of Ruckersville; Tianna V. Jones, 19, of Stanardsville, and James B. Cook, 21, of Marshfield, Vt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:01:33 EST</pubDate>
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STREET BEAT Q:These unlicensed mo-peds or little scooters that go 25 mph&#8212;what are the rules for these things? The riders aren&#8217;t wearing helmets, but they&#8217;re in the middle of the road. Are they bicycles, are they mo-peds, what? Where should they be on the road? They&#8217;re impeding the flow of traffic. They&#8217;re cropping up everywhere.&#8212;Ron M.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:01:05 EST</pubDate>
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Woman dies in Virginia Beach crash A 68-year-old woman died after her car struck another vehicle and then a building in Virginia Beach on Monday night, Virginia State Police said. Barbara Teresa Duzant of Virginia Beach was driving a car on Princess Anne Road when it struck a parked vehicle at Witchduck Road, police said. Duzant&#8217;s car continued to travel a quarter of a mile on the opposite side of Princess Anne Road and then struck a building on Oakmears Crescent at 11:40 p.m., police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Midlothian Turnpike crash is fatal to Powhatan man A Powhatan County man being driven to CJW Medical Cen ter (Johnston-Willis) for medical treatment died yesterday after a two-vehicle crash on Midlothian Turnpike near the hospital&#8217;s entrance. Danny H. Gentry, 52, died after being taken to the hospital, Chesterfield County police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Police identify Pennsylvania man in fatal crash on I-295 Virginia State Police yesterday identified a Pennsylvania man killed Saturday while trying to retrieve fallen luggage on Interstate 295 in Henrico County. Jeremy M. Steen, 30, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., was killed about 4:20 p.m. on southbound I-295 at the Varina Road overpass, just north of the Varina-Enon Bridge.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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SW Va. wrecks are fatal to two A 2-year-old passenger died yesterday in a Tennessee hospital after he was involved in a two-car collision Saturday in Southwest Virginia. Virginia State Police said Mathew Harris Bogle of Tazewell was in a child-restraint seat when the vehicle he was riding in was hit from behind at a stoplight on U.S. 460 at Clay Drive in Tazewell County about 6:30 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Street Beat recently asked readers to nominate the worst potholes they know. For a while, I was kind of worried. Would anyone care? Would readers be motivated enough to take the time to vent about potholes? No sweat. The column inspired more entries than I can print here&#8212;as well as some language I can&#8217;t print here. So I&#8217;ll mention a few of them and remind readers that they can still nominate the biggest offenders. You can e-mail me your nominees at streetbeat@timesdispatch.com or leave a message at (804) 649-6802. You can even look up Street Beat on InRich.com and post a comment there.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:01:54 EST</pubDate>
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A small fire atop a utility pole this morning in South Richmond knocked out traffic lights along a stretch of Hull Street. Authorities said shortly before noon that the traffic signals on Hull between Commerce Road and Jefferson Davis Highway could be out of service for several hours.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:04:04 EST</pubDate>
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Chesterfield police identify pedestrian killed Tuesday night A pedestrian who was struck and killed on Midlothian Turnpike on Tuesday night has been identified as William R. Evans, 68, Chesterfield County police said yesterday. Evans was struck by a car in the 8700 block of Midlothian Turnpike, just east of Powhite Parkway, while crossing the westbound lanes about 10:40 p.m., police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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PETERSBURG&#8212;A man is dead after a shooting near Southside Regional Medical Center late last night. Petersburg police spokeswoman Esther Hyatt said authorities received a call shortly before 11 p.m. for a person shot near Shore and Harrison streets, about three blocks west of the hospital. The victim was taken to the hospital, where he died shortly before midnight, Hyatt said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Two pedestrians were killed in separate incidents Tuesday night and early yesterday in Chesterfield County. Yesterday, a woman was killed by a freight train while crossing railroad tracks in southern Chesterfield. Cynthia M. Gray, 35, was carrying an alcoholic beverage as she crossed the track in the 2100 block of Pine Forest Drive at 1:54 a.m., Chesterfield Police Sgt. Kenneth E. James said. Gray, who police believe was homeless, was struck by a northbound freight train traveling about 55 mph.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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A wayward tire from a tractor-trailer caused a fuel-tanker to overturn and spill thousands of gallons of diesel fuel on northbound Interstate 95 in Richmond yesterday, police said. The wreck occurred just before 1 p.m. near the Hermitage Road interchange, closing two northbound lanes for hours, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Tom Cunningham.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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A 23-year-old man, one of 10 passengers in a minivan, died at a Wythe County hospital early yesterday after the van rolled three times on Interstate 77 in Bland County. Virginia State Police said Jose Luis Rivas Morales of Alvarez, Mexico, died shortly before 2 a.m. at Wytheville Community Hospital. Morales was not wearing a seat belt, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:01:28 EST</pubDate>
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Q:On Interstate 64 going west at mile marker 173 in Goochland County, there are two big sinkholes. I can&#8217;t even call them potholes. They&#8217;re about 6 feet long and very difficult to see on rainy nights. It is a traffic hazard.&#8212;A reader Answer: I shed a tear for this lonely pothole. It was an orphan. No one knew whom it belonged to or who would care for it. I can just picture it sitting forlorn and abandoned. When an asphalt truck goes by, it plaintively asks, &#8220;Please, Sir, may I have some more?&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:01:10 EST</pubDate>
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Five people were injured, one severely, yesterday morning in a multiple-vehicle collision that snarled rush-hour traffic on state Route 36 at Fort Lee&#8217;s main gate. The crash at about 8:20 a.m. prompted police to close the area to traffic so a MedFlight helicopter could land. Marcia Jones of Danville, a Department of Defense civilian employee who was the most severely injured, was flown to VCU Medical Center. She was listed in stable condition yesterday afternoon, authorities said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Winter storm warning in effect until Monday</title>
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The Richmond region is under a winter storm warning, the region is expected to see accumulated snowfall of  3 to 5 inches by noon Monday           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:35:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Let us know about the area&#8217;s worst potholes</title>
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What is the worst pothole you know? Street Beat is launching a contest to find the area&#8217;s 10 worst potholes. Tell me about the potholes you love to hate. Be sure to be as precise as possible about the location: Give a street address or the specific place at an intersection or side of the street. I&#8217;m not interested in mediocre potholes&#8212;the small but annoying ones. No sir, I&#8217;m looking for teeth-jarring, car-slamming, realignment-requiring, body-shop benefiting craters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:01:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Wreck slows I&#45;95 southbound in Richmond</title>
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A wreck on southbound Interstate 95 near the Boulevard interchange slowed traffic in Richmond this morning. One injury was reported in the crash, which occurred about 10 a.m. between exit 79, the Interstate 64 west interchange, and exit 78, the Boulevard interchange. The injured person was briefly trapped before being cut from a wrecked vehicle by Richmond firefighters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:24:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Three hospitalized after 11&#45;year&#45;old crashes in Augusta County</title>
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Three people were taken to hospitals during the weekend after an 11-year-old Augusta County boy lost control of his speeding family car. Just after midnight Saturday, the car driven by the boy skidded across an oncoming lane of traffic on Thoroughfare Road north of Waynesboro and crashed into a concrete culvert, according to Virginia State Police. The northbound car was traveling about 5 miles faster than the speed limit, police said. The boy was wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond woman killed in wreck on Interstate 95</title>
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A Richmond woman was killed yesterday in a two-vehicle wreck on Interstate 95 in Richmond. Barbara Jean Simmons, 67, died at the scene of the crash that occurred shortly after 7 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the interstate near mile marker 69 and the Chesterfield County line, authorities said. Police said she was not wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Q:I have been living in Dinwiddie County for 13 years, and I travel Interstate 85 to and from work. On the southbound side around and just past the exit for U.S. 1, the road is terrible. Why has this part of the highway taken so long to fix, and when can I expect it to be fixed? I&#8217;m tired of getting jarred for at least a mile, and it doesn&#8217;t do my truck any good, either.&#8212;D.G.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Traffic alert: Truck wreck on I&#45;295 near Fort Lee</title>
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HOPEWELL&#8212;The left lane of northbound Interstate 295 just south of Hopewell was blocked this morning for an overturned tractor-trailer. Virginia State Police Sgt. Tom Cunningham said there were no injuries in the wreck, which occurred about 1 a.m. near the Middle Road overpass in Prince George County, immediately east of Fort Lee. The lane was blocked so authorities could unload the truck&#8217;s cargo of frozen food, right the truck and remove the wreckage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:02:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Two die in U.S. 29 crash in Nelson</title>
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Two people from Bloomfield, Conn., were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Nelson County on Sunday, Virginia State Police said. Henry A. Smith, 73, and his passenger, Avis M. Smith, 43, died in the crash on U.S. 29 just south of the Albemarle County line, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. The crash happened at about 11 a.m. when the car ran off the left side of northbound U.S. 29, drove across the median and into the southbound lane, Geller said. The car struck an embankment, overturned and landed in a culvert. The driver and the passenger died at the scene, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: New ramps to open tomorrow at Route 288 and Midlothian</title>
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Drivers will face a new set of choices tomorrow as they exit Route 288 for Midlothian Turnpike.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:28:41 EST</pubDate>
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