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Virginia State Police: Memorial Day Fatalities Down On VA Roads

In many cases, holiday weekends can be a dangerous time to be on the road, with drunk drivers and fatigued drivers making bad decisions and causing traffic accidents. However, Virginia State Police reported this morning that highway fatalities for the Memorial Day long weekend were down significantly. Last year, the holiday weekend resulted in 18 deaths from car wrecks in three days. This year, the holiday weekend resulted in just three deaths.

A Bland County man, 20-year-old Christopher Wayne Hounshell, died on Route 622 in a single-car accident when he lost control of his vehicle and hit an embankment one mile from Route 42. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

A Bluefield, VA, woman, 70-year-old Ailene Lockhart, was killed when her car was struck by an oncoming vehicle while trying to pull out into an intersection. The collision took place at the intersection of U.S. 460 and Route 1509. The woman was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident.

A 71-year-old Danville, VA, man named Dallas KcKinley Bowen was killed on Friday in a one-vehicle accident in Pittsylvania County on Route 724. The man lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree at 8 a.m. near the intersection of Route 742.

In addition, highway fatalities in Virginia have been down in general in 2009. By this time last year, 317 people had died on Virginia roads and highways. This year, 257 people have died in car accidents. This improvement may be connected with Virginia's official plan to reduce traffic accidents.

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