HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Police identified the man killed during Sunday's storm as 42-year-old Peter Lottman, of Henrico County.
"On Sunday, August 18, 2024, at approximately 4:48 p.m., Henrico Police responded to the 800 block of Maybeury Drive for a report of a tree that fell on a vehicle. Once on scene, officers located an adult male deceased in the cab of the pickup truck," a Henrico Police spokesperson wrote in an email. "The preliminary investigation indicates Mr. Lottman was traveling north on Maybeury Drive when an oak tree, approximately 50 feet tall and 8 feet in circumference, fell across the road and onto the vehicle. The Henrico County Police Division extends its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Lottman."
Police began to receive numerous storm-related calls around 4:45 p.m. about severe weather, Lt. Kevin Howdyshell with Henrico Police said.
Then just before 4:50 p.m., police responded to a call about a tree down on a vehicle in the 800 block of Maybeury Drive in Tuckahoe.
"Upon arrival, an adult male was in a vehicle deceased from a large tree on top of a vehicle," police said.
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 4:42 p.m. for a severe thunderstorm over Tuckahoe with radar-indicated 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-size hail.
Meteorologists had warned that while not all areas would see storms, those that did pop up would have very heavy rain with the potential for localized flooding and strong, gusty winds. While the main threat was damaging winds, there was the possibility of some large hail as well.
The storms also knocked out power to thousands Sunday afternoon. Roughly 10,500 customers were without power, according toDominion Energy,as of 6:45 p.m. That number had dropped to just over 8,200 customers as of 10:45 p.m.
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