November 25, 2008

Weekend wrecks fatal to 5 Virginians  11/25/08 12:01 AM

A Richmond woman has died of injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash Sunday in Chesterfield County, police said. Lola T. Brooks, 86, was a passenger in a car that was eastbound in the 9100 block of Midlothian Turnpike when it collided with a pickup truck just after 8 p.m. The crash occurred as the truck, which was headed south on Pinetta Drive, tried to cross Midlothian Turnpike, police said.

Weekend wrecks fatal to 4 Virginians  11/25/08 12:01 AM

A Centreville man was killed Sunday when his car ran off Braddock Road (state Route 620) in Fairfax County and hit a tree, Virginia State Police said. Frank Jensen, 31, died at the scene at 1:55 a.m. near the intersection with Virginia Chase Drive (state Route 8318). Police said Jensen was driving east on Braddock Road when his car veered to the left and struck a curb before hitting a wooden fence, a utility pole and a tree, ejecting him from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.


December 31, 2007

Danville woman’s death ruled homicide  12/31/07 12:01 AM

The Medical Examiner’s Office in Roanoke has identified the body found in Pittsylvania County last week as Courtney Turpin Servais and has ruled the cause of death a homicide, according to Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor. Servais, 30, of Danville, was reported missing Dec. 19. She disappeared after her car was involved in a reported hit-and-run on U.S. 360 in Pittsylvania County. A cadaver dog from a Northern Virginia search-and-rescue group found Servais’ body on Christmas Eve in the 17000 block of Old Richmond Road/Route 360 in Red Oak Hollow, about 2 miles from the Pittsylvania County and Halifax County boundary line.

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