Minor injuries after vehicle overturns
Published 4:20 pm Wednesday, May 22, 2019
- Pictured is the vehicle from a Thursday crash in which the car overturned and landed on its roof.
The driver in a single-vehicle accident in which the vehicle overturned was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
According to a release from Virginia State Police, Trooper W. Dean responded to a crash in Lunenburg County on Thursday at 11:32 p.m. on Route 635 Oral Oaks Road, less than a mile north of Route 643, New Grove Road.
Police said a 2007 Pontiac Solstice was traveling north on Route 635 when it ran off the right side of the highway.
“The vehicle struck a utility pole and then overturned onto its roof,” the release from VSP cited.
The driver involved in the accident, a 17-year-old male from Blackstone, was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, police said.
The driver was charged with failure to maintain control of the vehicle.
