PETERSBURG, Va. — One person was killed in a crash on Interstate 95 in Petersburg, Virginia on Friday afternoon, according to Virginia State Police.
"At approximately 2:24 p.m. on Friday, November 17, 2023, Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash, southbound I-95 on Exit 50 towards Route 460," an email from Virginia State Police read. "An SUV struck another vehicle, overcorrected, overturned, ran off the road to the left, and struck trees. Two people in the SUV were transported to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of serious injury. One person succumbed to injury at the scene."
The SUV was driven by 24-year-old Tyron Jameke Mills, who was taken to Southside Regional Hospital to be treated for serious injuries.
The front passenger of the SUV, 25-year-old La'niah De'twanique Artis, was also hospitalized for serious injuries.
The victim, 19-year-old Micah Mykel Moody, died from his injuries at the scene. VSP says Moody was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The driver of the car Mills struck suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was not hospitalized.
The crash remains under investigation.
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