CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- One person was killed and two first responders were hurt in an accident on icy Route 288 in Chesterfield Monday night. Virginia State Police were called to a two-vehicle crash southbound on Route 288, north of Lucks Lane in Chesterfield County, at about 5:14 p.m.
The vehicles had run off the road and into the median.
"One of the drivers was transported from the scene for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The trooper, one of the drivers and a passenger were standing in the median when another vehicle ran off of Route 288 and crashed into them," Virginia State Police spokeswoman
Corinne Geller said. "The vehicle kept going and came to a stop after striking the trooper’s patrol car."
The impact threw one of the pedestrians into a nearby Chesterfield County firefighter. That pedestrian died.
"The state trooper and other pedestrian were transported to VCU Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries," Geller said. "The Chesterfield County firefighter was transported to St. Francis Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries."
The crash remained under investigation. Route 288 fully reopened to traffic at about 2 a.m.
As of 9:15 p.m. Monday (Feb. 15), Virginia State Police are on scene of 97 traffic crashes statewide and responding to an additional 14 disabled vehicles across the Commonwealth:
Division I–Richmond (Metro Richmond/Northern Neck/Tri-Cities)
Traffic Crashes=64Henrico County: At 4:59 p.m. Monday (Feb. 15), Virginia State Police responded to three separate vehicles that had spun off and around the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 at the 195 mile marker in Henrico County. As a VSP sergeant was on scene assisting a male driver of a Jeep that had spun out, when a Chevrolet Camaro spun out and struck the Jeep.
The male driver was struck by the Jeep and then the Camaro. The Camaro then struck the Sergeant’s patrol car. As the Sergeant and a trooper were aiding the struck male driver, who was in the interstate lane…another vehicle lost control and struck the sergeant’s patrol car. The sergeant was not injured. The male driver was transported to VCU Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries. The driver and passenger of the Camaro were transported to VCU Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Chesterfield County: At 5:14 p.m. Monday (Feb. 15), Virginia State Police were called to a two-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Route 288 north of Lucks Lane in Chesterfield County. The vehicles ran off the road and into the median. One of the drivers was transported from the scene for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The trooper, one of the drivers and a passenger were standing in the median when another vehicle ran off of Route 288 and crashed into them.
The vehicle kept going and came to a stop after striking the trooper’s patrol car. The impact of the crash threw one of the pedestrians into a nearby Chesterfield County firefighter. That pedestrian died at the scene. The state trooper and other pedestrian were transported to VCU Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. The Chesterfield County firefighter was transported to St. Francis Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.
The Virginia State Police Richmond Division Crash Reconstruction Team is assisting with the crash investigation, which remains ongoing at this time.
Hanover County: At 7:53 p.m., a Virginia State Police trooper was struck while seated inside his vehicle in the southbound lanes of I-295 at the 32 mile marker. The trooper suffered minor injuries.
