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    <title>Traffic News for Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
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          <title>UPDATE: I&#45;95 south lanes reopened downtown</title>
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Portions of Interstate 95 southbound in downtown Richmond near VCU Medical Center were blocked for several hours this morning after a tractor-trailer accident overnight. No injuries were reported in the crash, which occurred at 3 a.m. when a tractor-trailer overturned at the Exit 74-C interchange, the Broad Street exit. The right and center lanes as well as the off ramp were blocked while crews worked to clear the wreckage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:48:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Congestion slows traffic on I&#45;95 in Stafford</title>
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Traffic backups on northbound Interstate 95 in the Fredericksburg area had grown to nearly 21 miles this evening as of 8 p.m., according to the state Department of Transportation. Congestion and minor accidents backed up traffic in the Fredericksburg area throughout the afternoon and evening but had grown particularly worse tonight at mile marker 140 in Stafford County and mile marker 129 in Spotsylvania County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:28:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Missing Chesterfield County man died at crash site</title>
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A Chesterfield County man missing since the early morning hours Friday was located this afternoon by friends and family where his motorcycle crashed in a fatal accident. Chesterfield authorities and State Police said that Ricky Viar, 31, was located by friends in a copse of trees off the Courthouse Road exit of eastbound Powhite Parkway. He was pronounced dead at the scene yesterday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:02:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Circular islands slow traffic on Chimborazo</title>
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Chimborazo Boulevard in Richmond&#8217;s East End doesn&#8217;t fit the typical profile of a drag strip. For starters, it&#8217;s not flat and it&#8217;s relatively narrow. It&#8217;s also fairly bumpy, the result of asphalt being used to pave over aging cobblestones. But as the residents along the row house-lined street will tell you, looks can be deceiving.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond&#45;area Street Beat</title>
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Teaser headline for section front: Annoyance with Midlothian Turnpike roundabout   . . .  Q:Regarding the infamous and much-hated roundabout on Winterfield Road at Midlothian Turnpike&#8212;what&#8217;s going on? It appears that developer ran out of money and has left us daily Winterfield Road drivers stuck driving around the overgrown, unsightly and annoying circle. I&#8217;m still trying to figure out why the roundabout had to be the first thing constructed on this project, considering all the opposition to it. My question: Is there any way that the roundabout could be dismantled and the road put back to the wonderfully straight route it was before? Heh, I bet I could easily gather a bunch of very enthusiastic people and with our sledgehammers, knock that circle down in no time at all. It would be as dramatic and meaningful as when the Berlin Wall was brought down! Any chance of this happening?&#8212;Gail C.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:56:51 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:Ever since Jahnke Road was repaved recently, the timing of the traffic light at its intersection with Buford Road is off. Traffic on Buford is backed up for several blocks during rush hour. Even on Sunday morning, there were several of us waiting for the light an unusually long time when no other cars were in sight in any direction. Can the timing be changed back to the way it was?&#8212;June D.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:48 EDT</pubDate>
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Dear readers: I have something that will make you really appreciate the condition of area roads today. It&#8217;s the condition they&#8217;ll be in a year from now. As The Times-Dispatch reported on Friday, funding for transportation projects is another victim of the economic downturn. Funding has decreased by a third in two years. Transportation Commissioner David S. Ekern said that available funds will go for pavement and bridge maintenance.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Dear readers: Many people have asked why there are railroad-style crossing gates on some eastbound Interstate 64 ramps. They are part of the state&#8217;s hurricane evacuation plans. During a hurricane, the gates would be lowered to block traffic from getting onto I-64 heading east. Then the eastbound lanes would be reversed to allow more vehicles to evacuate the Hampton Roads area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:01:44 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Scooter crash kills one in Chesterfield</title>
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Chesterfield police are investigating an early morning crash that killed the driver of a scooter on Jefferson Davis Highway and critically injured the passenger. Frederick Scott Wall, 46, of the 13900 block of Jefferson Davis Highway was killed when the 2006 Qinqi motor scooter he was driving was struck head-on by a car traveling the wrong way on the highway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:44:54 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: I&#45;64 reopened after tanker truck fire</title>
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A tractor-trailer on fire had both eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 64 closed for several hours overnight. All lanes were reopened by 4:30 a.m. Virginia State Police said the incident was reported about 10:14 p.m. and had stopped traffic at the Parham Road exit. The truck was westbound, but the severity of the fire forced a closure of the interstate in both directions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:17:27 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Downtown Richmond holes being repaired</title>
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Crews were working last night to fix two large holes in the street in downtown Richmond that were discovered late Friday afternoon after part of a sewer line gave way. Officials had shut down two of four lanes along East Main Street between South Seventh and South Eighth streets while workers repaired the road, said Richmond public utilities spokeswoman Angela Fountain. A parking garage in that block of Main Street will be closed until repairs are finished.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:01:54 EDT</pubDate>
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Dear readers: One complaint I hear frequently concerns traffic lights that are badly timed. Readers say red lights last far too long, or green lights are too short. Unfortunately, this is one problem I&#8217;ve had little luck with. The timing is usually based on traffic studies. When I ask the proper authorities about a specific light, I am usually told that the most recent study indicates that the light is timed correctly to best promote the flow of traffic.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:01:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Portion of Broad Street will be closed Sunday for festival</title>
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Broad Street will be closed between Belvidere and Adams streets from midnight tonight to 8 p.m. tomorrow for the second annual Broad Appetit. Richmond police advise using Marshall Street for eastbound traffic and Grace Street for westbound traffic. The &#8220;Smorgasbord in the street&#8221; will feature signature dishes from more than 50 area restaurants at $3 a sample tomorrow from noon to 5 p.m. in the 100-300 blocks of West Broad Street.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:01:39 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:Just wondering: If neighborhoods can become truck-free zones, as you recently mentioned, can winding country roads become bicycle free zones? I was almost run off the road again this week by an SUV trying to avoid hitting a group of bikes he encountered on a curve. I don&#8217;t blame the SUV. After all, we both pay license fees and taxes to maintain the roads, and big bucks to support a vehicle that can maintain the speed limit.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:01:29 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Holiday highway death toll in Va. lowest in decade</title>
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Virginia recorded the fewest number of Memorial Day weekend traffic fatalities in at least a decade, according to preliminary numbers released yesterday by Virginia State Police. As of noon yesterday, five people had died on Virginia roadways during the four-day statistical counting period that began at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ended at midnight Monday. That&#8217;s compared with 18 deaths in 14 fatal crashes during the same period last year. The 2008 death toll was the highest since 1998.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:01:53 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Memorial Day weekend fatalities down</title>
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Memorial Day weekend highway fatalities are significantly down, along with overall numbers for the year. Virginia State Police said yesterday that they had recorded three deaths, compared with 18 last year as of Sunday afternoon. Totals for the year were at 257, compared with 317 last year.   A Bluefield, W.Va., woman, Aliene Lockhart, 70, died at a local hospital there yesterday after the car she was in was struck by an oncoming vehicle yesterday morning. The collision occurred at 10:25 a.m. as the vehicle carrying Lockhart turned left off westbound U.S. 460 onto state Route 1509 in Bluefield, Va. Police said she was wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:You gave me some info as to who has the right of way when turning right on red&#8212;even though it wasn&#8217;t the answer I wanted, and I lost a bet with my wife. Having learned my lesson, no bet with my wife this time. Here&#8217;s the scenario. I&#8217;m making a U-turn from an intersection with traffic lights. I&#8217;m in the left-turn lane, in the intersection waiting for traffic to clear. There is no sign prohibiting a U-turn. My light turns yellow, and I proceed to clear the intersection and complete my U-turn. There is a car waiting to turn right, and he believes he has the right of way and honks and makes a rude gesture at me. I, being a gentleman of course, make no retaliatory gesture but continue on my way&#8212;actually, he looked a lot bigger than me&#8212;secure in thinking that I&#8217;m in the right.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 00:01:10 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>I&#45;95 wreck at Belvidere snarled morning commuter flow</title>
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Interstate 95 traffic in both directions through Richmond was slowed at the height of the morning rush hour by an accident near the Belvidere Street exit. The crash occurred shortly before 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes near Exit 76-B and involved several vehicles. One ambulance was called to the scene of the crash, which occurred in the center and left lanes.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:30:30 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Street Beat</title>
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Q:How does one petition to have a residential street designated &#8220;no trucks/commercial vehicles&#8221;? Large numbers of folks walk, run and ride bicycles in my Chesterfield County neighborhood. For safety&#8217;s sake, we need to reduce traffic in this area.&#8212;Jim F. Answer: I&#8217;m all in favor of preserving the endangered practice of walking. To prove my commitment, I sat at my desk and did some research.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 00:01:49 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Halifax couple, Farmville boy killed on Va. highways</title>
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A Halifax County couple from Nathalie died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday when their Jeep left the road and struck a tree. State police reported that Gary V. Anderson, 47, and Rachel Terry Anderson, 49, died at the scene at 8:40 p.m. Both were wearing seat belts, police said. The crash occurred on U.S. 501, three-tenths of a mile south of state Route 795.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:Why is VDOT using scarce transportation dollars to resurface Huguenot Road south of Chippenham Parkway when the existing surface looks fine?&#8212;John C. Answer: Because there might be alligators in the road. And that&#8217;s no crock. More than 100 factors are used when deciding which roads will get a pavement overlay, said Dawn Eischen of the Virginia Department of Transportation. &#8220;Looks can be deceiving,&#8220; she said. &#8220;There&#8217;s more to it than merely looking at the pavement: It&#8217;s rather scientific.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:01:31 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: 3&#45;vehicle wreck on Chippenham</title>
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A three-vehicle crash with injuries slowed traffic this morning on the Chippenham Parkway. Three people were injured in the crash, which was reported at 5:39 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the parkway near the Jahnke Road interchange and CJW Medical Center (Chippenham). Emergency crews from Richmond and Chesterfield County as well as Virginia State Police responded to the crash scene, which was in the county.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>3 die in separate crashes in Va.</title>
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A Floyd County woman died Sunday after she lost control of her car and flipped twice on state Route 653 in Floyd County, state police said. Ashley Renee Chaffin, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 10:05 a.m. wreck about a half-mile north of state Route 660. Police said Chaffin was driving north when her car slid off the road in a curve, veered over an embankment and flipped twice, landing on its roof. Police said she wasn&#8217;t wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:What is up with the new green and white Henrico County vehicle decals? I took my vehicle in for a state inspection and was told by the inspector that I must remove the decal or the vehicle would be &#8220;rejected&#8221; and not pass the inspection because the decal was too large. I removed the county license, and the vehicle was inspected and passed. As I travel around, I have noticed numerous vehicles have the county license decal displayed on their windshields with current state-inspection decals. What&#8217;s up? I thought all inspection stations in Virginia had the same rules and regulations to abide by as each vehicle must be inspected annually. Looks like some stations are not reading their inspection manuals!&#8212;Irvin D.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:01:31 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Traffic around RIR will be rerouted today, tomorrow</title>
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The Henrico County Department of Public Works is modifying traffic patterns on major routes to Richmond International Raceway in preparation for this weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events. The temporary changes should help minimize traffic congestion during the races. Motorists should expect heavy traffic and delays all day today and tomorrow in the raceway area, especially from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. before the races and 10:15 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. after the races.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: I&#45;95 ramp at Bryan Park reopened</title>
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A single-vehicle accident with injuries prompted Virginia State Police to close an Interstate 95 exit ramp at the Bryan Park interchange in Richmond before dawn today. The accident was reported shortly after 5 a.m. at the Exit 79 interchange and involved two injuries, police said. The ramp was reopened about 6:30.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:46:23 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Driving on NASCAR race days could be a drag</title>
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The Henrico County Department of Public Works is modifying traffic patterns on major routes to Richmond International Raceway in preparation for this weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events. The temporary changes should help minimize traffic congestion during the races. Motorists should expect heavy traffic and delays all day Friday and Saturday in the raceway area, especially from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. before the races and 10:15 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. after the races.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:01:32 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Repaving set for two major roads</title>
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Road work that starts today could cause delays on two major roads in Richmond and Chesterfield County through May. Contractors for the Virginia Department of Transportation will begin repaving sections of Forest Hill Avenue and Huguenot Road on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Traffic will be restricted to one lane during the repaving project, and VDOT encourages drivers to use alternate routes until the work is finished.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:I travel Interstate 64 quite a bit. I was wondering what the holdup is on the flyover project and all the construction around it. At first they said it was supposed to be done by February, then by the middle of February. I know it&#8217;s open to one lane. Why haven&#8217;t they opened it to two lanes? It&#8217;s a big bottleneck.&#8212;Alex R. Answer: Isn&#8217;t it a good thing for a bottleneck to be big? I mean, it lets more through that way.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:01:44 EDT</pubDate>
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A story on Page B10 yesterday included the wrong dates for next weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events at Richmond International Raceway. The race events and traffic delays are Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:01:32 EDT</pubDate>
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The Henrico County Department of Public Works will modify traffic patterns on major routes to Richmond International Raceway in preparation for next weekend&#8217;s NASCAR events. The temporary changes should help minimize traffic congestion during the races. Motorists should expect heavy traffic and delays all day May 2 and May 3 in the raceway area, especially from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. before the races and 10:15 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. after the races.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:58 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:I just noticed that the damaged and unsightly guardrails around the railroad crossing light support at Huguenot and Robious roads have been removed. If your calls are responsible, thanks!&#8212;Charles Answer: You&#8217;re welcome. I&#8217;ve been working on the railroad. And not just to pass the time away. Norfolk Southern railroad said previously that this work would be done last January. I contacted them again in March, and the damaged guardrails were soon removed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:01:09 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Roads reopened after fatal high&#45;speed crash south of Lee Bridge</title>
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A horrific, high-speed crash sent an airborne sport utility vehicle into a billboard support at the south end of Lee Bridge early this morning, killing one woman and critically injuring another.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:01:02 EDT</pubDate>
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A two-vehicle wreck this morning slowed rush-hour traffic on Interstate 95 southbound near the junction of Interstate 64 westbound at Bryan Park. The wreck occurred about 7 a.m. near I-95&#8217;s exit 79 and involved a pickup truck and a passenger car. The wreck was blocking the center and left lanes on southbound I-95. No injuries were reported, but southbound I-95 traffic quickly backed up as Virginia State Police worked to clear the wreckage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:26:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Va. woman survives 1st crash, not 2nd</title>
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP)&#8212;Virginia State Police say a Lorton woman was struck and killed after her car overturned on Interstate 495.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:11:52 EDT</pubDate>
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One man was killed in a two-car wreck early yesterday morning in South Richmond. About 2:15 a.m., a pickup truck headed north on Jefferson Davis Highway hit a car turning south from Atwell Lane onto Jefferson Davis, police said. The car&#8217;s driver, Santo Ruben Almas-Herrera, 48, of the 5400 block of Remanda Drive in Chesterfield County, died at the scene.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:01:26 EDT</pubDate>
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STREET BEAT Joggers explain why they like to run in the street B2 Q:Why in the world do runners choose to run in the road instead of on the sidewalk?   Sidewalks are not smooth. Uneven seams aren&#8217;t easy to see and are easy to trip on.   Sidewalks are rarely swept&#8212;think acorns in the fall! At least the road debris gets pushed to the edge by passing cars.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:01:22 EDT</pubDate>
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Two men were arrested last night and charged with reckless driving in connection with Tuesday&#8217;s fatal motorcycle accident on the Manchester Bridge. Joseph Christopher Greene, 32, of the 3900 block of Glenwood Avenue in Richmond, and Jorge J. Diaz Jr., 32, of the 4500 block of Hunter Landing Drive in Chesterfield County, have each been charged with reckless driving by engaging in a race between two or more motor vehicles on a highway. The charge is a misdemeanor.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond police identified the victim of yesterday&#8217;s fatal motorcycle crash on the Manchester Bridge as Bradley James Ferguson, 21, of Glen Allen. Police said Ferguson was southbound on the bridge in downtown Richmond at 3:45 p.m. when he lost control and crashed. Ferguson was declared dead at the scene. Speed was a factor in the crash, according to police, who are continuing their investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Manchester Bridge closed to southbound traffic</title>
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All southbound lanes of the Manchester Bridge are closed due to a traffic accident, Richmond police announced this afternoon. The accident with injuries was reported at 4:38 p.m. The southbound lanes will be closed during the evening, leading to heavy traffic delays, police said. Alternate routes for crossing the river southbound are the Lee Bridge and the Powhite Parkway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:46:16 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:There is a problem with people jogging in the street on Forest Hill Avenue early in the morning. Why the street? They are sometimes two or three abreast and you have to move over to keep from hitting them. Recently, during heavy fog, I almost did hit them. There are sidewalks there&#8212;why in the world don&#8217;t they use them?&#8212;C.H.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:01:29 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:Love your column! In your answer about mo-peds and scooters, I have a thought that I think you should add: Mo-peds, which have motors displacing less than 50 cubic centimeters, don&#8217;t have to be insured. I learned the hard way. An uninsured mo-ped sideswiped my car, which was legally parked at my home. The damage was more than $2,000. I was pretty much forced to file a claim with my insurance company rather than just pay for it myself.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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4 die in head-on Culpeper crash They were riding in sedan; police say SUV in wrong lane Four people died after a head-on collision early yesterday between a sport utility vehicle and a sedan on state Route 3 near Stevensburg in Culpeper County. Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Les Tyler said the accident was reported around 2:50 a.m. The victims were identified as Tyler Scott Harlow, 20, and Joseph Lee Sahnow, 20, both of Ruckersville; Tianna V. Jones, 19, of Stanardsville, and James B. Cook, 21, of Marshfield, Vt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:01:33 EDT</pubDate>
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STREET BEAT Q:These unlicensed mo-peds or little scooters that go 25 mph&#8212;what are the rules for these things? The riders aren&#8217;t wearing helmets, but they&#8217;re in the middle of the road. Are they bicycles, are they mo-peds, what? Where should they be on the road? They&#8217;re impeding the flow of traffic. They&#8217;re cropping up everywhere.&#8212;Ron M.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:01:05 EDT</pubDate>
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Woman dies in Virginia Beach crash A 68-year-old woman died after her car struck another vehicle and then a building in Virginia Beach on Monday night, Virginia State Police said. Barbara Teresa Duzant of Virginia Beach was driving a car on Princess Anne Road when it struck a parked vehicle at Witchduck Road, police said. Duzant&#8217;s car continued to travel a quarter of a mile on the opposite side of Princess Anne Road and then struck a building on Oakmears Crescent at 11:40 p.m., police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Midlothian Turnpike crash is fatal to Powhatan man A Powhatan County man being driven to CJW Medical Cen ter (Johnston-Willis) for medical treatment died yesterday after a two-vehicle crash on Midlothian Turnpike near the hospital&#8217;s entrance. Danny H. Gentry, 52, died after being taken to the hospital, Chesterfield County police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Police identify Pennsylvania man in fatal crash on I-295 Virginia State Police yesterday identified a Pennsylvania man killed Saturday while trying to retrieve fallen luggage on Interstate 295 in Henrico County. Jeremy M. Steen, 30, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., was killed about 4:20 p.m. on southbound I-295 at the Varina Road overpass, just north of the Varina-Enon Bridge.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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SW Va. wrecks are fatal to two A 2-year-old passenger died yesterday in a Tennessee hospital after he was involved in a two-car collision Saturday in Southwest Virginia. Virginia State Police said Mathew Harris Bogle of Tazewell was in a child-restraint seat when the vehicle he was riding in was hit from behind at a stoplight on U.S. 460 at Clay Drive in Tazewell County about 6:30 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Street Beat recently asked readers to nominate the worst potholes they know. For a while, I was kind of worried. Would anyone care? Would readers be motivated enough to take the time to vent about potholes? No sweat. The column inspired more entries than I can print here&#8212;as well as some language I can&#8217;t print here. So I&#8217;ll mention a few of them and remind readers that they can still nominate the biggest offenders. You can e-mail me your nominees at streetbeat@timesdispatch.com or leave a message at (804) 649-6802. You can even look up Street Beat on InRich.com and post a comment there.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:01:54 EDT</pubDate>
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A small fire atop a utility pole this morning in South Richmond knocked out traffic lights along a stretch of Hull Street. Authorities said shortly before noon that the traffic signals on Hull between Commerce Road and Jefferson Davis Highway could be out of service for several hours.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:04:04 EDT</pubDate>
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Chesterfield police identify pedestrian killed Tuesday night A pedestrian who was struck and killed on Midlothian Turnpike on Tuesday night has been identified as William R. Evans, 68, Chesterfield County police said yesterday. Evans was struck by a car in the 8700 block of Midlothian Turnpike, just east of Powhite Parkway, while crossing the westbound lanes about 10:40 p.m., police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PETERSBURG&#8212;A man is dead after a shooting near Southside Regional Medical Center late last night. Petersburg police spokeswoman Esther Hyatt said authorities received a call shortly before 11 p.m. for a person shot near Shore and Harrison streets, about three blocks west of the hospital. The victim was taken to the hospital, where he died shortly before midnight, Hyatt said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Two pedestrians were killed in separate incidents Tuesday night and early yesterday in Chesterfield County. Yesterday, a woman was killed by a freight train while crossing railroad tracks in southern Chesterfield. Cynthia M. Gray, 35, was carrying an alcoholic beverage as she crossed the track in the 2100 block of Pine Forest Drive at 1:54 a.m., Chesterfield Police Sgt. Kenneth E. James said. Gray, who police believe was homeless, was struck by a northbound freight train traveling about 55 mph.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A wayward tire from a tractor-trailer caused a fuel-tanker to overturn and spill thousands of gallons of diesel fuel on northbound Interstate 95 in Richmond yesterday, police said. The wreck occurred just before 1 p.m. near the Hermitage Road interchange, closing two northbound lanes for hours, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Tom Cunningham.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A 23-year-old man, one of 10 passengers in a minivan, died at a Wythe County hospital early yesterday after the van rolled three times on Interstate 77 in Bland County. Virginia State Police said Jose Luis Rivas Morales of Alvarez, Mexico, died shortly before 2 a.m. at Wytheville Community Hospital. Morales was not wearing a seat belt, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:01:28 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:On Interstate 64 going west at mile marker 173 in Goochland County, there are two big sinkholes. I can&#8217;t even call them potholes. They&#8217;re about 6 feet long and very difficult to see on rainy nights. It is a traffic hazard.&#8212;A reader Answer: I shed a tear for this lonely pothole. It was an orphan. No one knew whom it belonged to or who would care for it. I can just picture it sitting forlorn and abandoned. When an asphalt truck goes by, it plaintively asks, &#8220;Please, Sir, may I have some more?&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:01:10 EDT</pubDate>
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Five people were injured, one severely, yesterday morning in a multiple-vehicle collision that snarled rush-hour traffic on state Route 36 at Fort Lee&#8217;s main gate. The crash at about 8:20 a.m. prompted police to close the area to traffic so a MedFlight helicopter could land. Marcia Jones of Danville, a Department of Defense civilian employee who was the most severely injured, was flown to VCU Medical Center. She was listed in stable condition yesterday afternoon, authorities said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Richmond region is under a winter storm warning, the region is expected to see accumulated snowfall of  3 to 5 inches by noon Monday           ]]></description>
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What is the worst pothole you know? Street Beat is launching a contest to find the area&#8217;s 10 worst potholes. Tell me about the potholes you love to hate. Be sure to be as precise as possible about the location: Give a street address or the specific place at an intersection or side of the street. I&#8217;m not interested in mediocre potholes&#8212;the small but annoying ones. No sir, I&#8217;m looking for teeth-jarring, car-slamming, realignment-requiring, body-shop benefiting craters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:01:38 EDT</pubDate>
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A wreck on southbound Interstate 95 near the Boulevard interchange slowed traffic in Richmond this morning. One injury was reported in the crash, which occurred about 10 a.m. between exit 79, the Interstate 64 west interchange, and exit 78, the Boulevard interchange. The injured person was briefly trapped before being cut from a wrecked vehicle by Richmond firefighters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:24:05 EDT</pubDate>
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Three people were taken to hospitals during the weekend after an 11-year-old Augusta County boy lost control of his speeding family car. Just after midnight Saturday, the car driven by the boy skidded across an oncoming lane of traffic on Thoroughfare Road north of Waynesboro and crashed into a concrete culvert, according to Virginia State Police. The northbound car was traveling about 5 miles faster than the speed limit, police said. The boy was wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A Richmond woman was killed yesterday in a two-vehicle wreck on Interstate 95 in Richmond. Barbara Jean Simmons, 67, died at the scene of the crash that occurred shortly after 7 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the interstate near mile marker 69 and the Chesterfield County line, authorities said. Police said she was not wearing a seat belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:I have been living in Dinwiddie County for 13 years, and I travel Interstate 85 to and from work. On the southbound side around and just past the exit for U.S. 1, the road is terrible. Why has this part of the highway taken so long to fix, and when can I expect it to be fixed? I&#8217;m tired of getting jarred for at least a mile, and it doesn&#8217;t do my truck any good, either.&#8212;D.G.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:01:31 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Traffic alert: Truck wreck on I&#45;295 near Fort Lee</title>
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HOPEWELL&#8212;The left lane of northbound Interstate 295 just south of Hopewell was blocked this morning for an overturned tractor-trailer. Virginia State Police Sgt. Tom Cunningham said there were no injuries in the wreck, which occurred about 1 a.m. near the Middle Road overpass in Prince George County, immediately east of Fort Lee. The lane was blocked so authorities could unload the truck&#8217;s cargo of frozen food, right the truck and remove the wreckage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:02:07 EDT</pubDate>
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Two people from Bloomfield, Conn., were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Nelson County on Sunday, Virginia State Police said. Henry A. Smith, 73, and his passenger, Avis M. Smith, 43, died in the crash on U.S. 29 just south of the Albemarle County line, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. The crash happened at about 11 a.m. when the car ran off the left side of northbound U.S. 29, drove across the median and into the southbound lane, Geller said. The car struck an embankment, overturned and landed in a culvert. The driver and the passenger died at the scene, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>TRAFFIC ALERT: New ramps to open tomorrow at Route 288 and Midlothian</title>
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Drivers will face a new set of choices tomorrow as they exit Route 288 for Midlothian Turnpike.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:28:41 EDT</pubDate>
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A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Clarke County yesterday. Jacob Douglas Barbour, 27, of Stephens City was driving west on U.S. 50, a mile east of state Route 606, around 6:30 a.m. when the car ran off the left shoulder, overcorrected and ran off the right shoulder. The car then struck a utility pole and overturned.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:01:28 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:At Ninth and Broad streets downtown, there is a sign that states, &#8220;Turning traffic MUST yield to pedestrians.&#8220; Does this apply only to this intersection, or is it a general rule? I ask because this area is not pedestrian friendly, and even when pedestrians have the &#8220;walk&#8221; sign, drivers seem to have the attitude that they have the right of way when turning across a crosswalk. In essence, what are pedestrians to do to cross the road safely? By the way, please don&#8217;t say that drivers in violation may get ticketed. I have never seen this enforced downtown.&#8212;James           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:01:06 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Nelson County crash kills Wingina man</title>
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A Wingina man was killed Saturday when his car ran off the road, struck a tree and caught fire in Nelson County, Virginia State Police said. Clarence H. Rose Jr., 56, died at the scene about 20 minutes after the 10:42 p.m. wreck, about a tenth of a mile east of state Route 646. Police said the car Rose was driving veered off the left side of the road and struck a tree, causing his car to burst into flames.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:When are they going to pave the Powhite Parkway Extension? I get onto the Powhite at Courthouse Road, and the road is patched together. For the amount of money they charge to use the road, the road should be smooth.&#8212;L.S. Answer: The philosopher might ask if we should expect to go through life on a perfectly smooth road. I say, &#8220;Heck, yes.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:01:53 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>King William man killed in crash on I&#45;295</title>
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A King William County man was fatally injured in a single-vehicle crash Monday night on Interstate 295 in Henrico County. Virginia State Police trooper T.M. Howard said Marvin Delano Blake, 42, died at VCU Medical Center early yesterday, several hours after the 10:45 p.m. crash. Howard said Blake was driving south on I-295 when his station wagon struck a support pillar for an overhead sign near the state Route 156 exit.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Crash kills King William man</title>
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A King William County man was fatally injured in a single-vehicle crash Monday night on Interstate 295 in Henrico County. Virginia State Police trooper T.M. Howard said Marvin Delano Blake, 42, died at VCU Medical Center early yesterday, several hours after the 10:45 p.m. crash. Howard said Blake was driving south on I-295 when the compact station wagon ran off the left side of the road into the grassy median and struck a support pillar for an overhead sign near the state Route 156 exit.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico crash victim identified</title>
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A woman who was killed Sunday night when her car struck a tree in eastern Henrico County has been identified as Stacy Lynn Hernandez, 45, Henrico police said yesterday. Police said Hernandez was driving on Darbytown Road about 8:15 p.m. when she lost control of her car, spun off the road and struck a tree near Carters Mill Road. Hernandez, who police said wasn&#8217;t wearing a seat belt, was traveling alone and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said she lived in the 6600 block of Charles City Road in Henrico.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:01:40 EDT</pubDate>
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A man was arrested on various charges, including several felonies, after police say he led them on a brief pursuit in Henrico County yesterday morning. Steven Thomas Banks, 39, of Petersburg was being held on charges of felony habitual offender, misdemeanor obstruction of justice, felony elude, possession of marijuana, driving under the influence and refusal to submit to a breath test.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:I had a bizarre occurrence the other day. I was heading west on Huguenot Road and was first in line for the left-turn signal to turn on to Buford Road. However, the entire traffic light was invisible due to the bright sun behind it. No matter how I leaned in my seat or adjusted my visor, I could not see any of the lights on the traffic signal.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:01:38 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pedestrian victim from Petersburg</title>
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Chesterfield County police have identified the pedestrian killed Friday on U.S. 1 as Frank Tinsley White Jr., 43, of Petersburg. White died at the scene after being struck by a car about 7:45 p.m. in the 16400 block of Jefferson Davis Highway, police said. A sedan was northbound on Jefferson Davis when it struck White while he was walking in the road, police said. The driver suffered minor injuries. An investigation is continuing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:01:35 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/traffic/article/STRT01_20090131-220546/194257/</link>
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Q:I had a bizarre occurrence the other day. I was heading west on Huguenot Road and was first in line for the left-turn signal to turn on to Buford Road. However, the entire traffic light was invisible due to the bright sun behind it. No matter how I leaned in my seat or adjusted my visor, I could not see any of the lights on the traffic signal.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Chesterfield County police have identified the pedestrian killed Friday on U.S. 1 as Frank Tinsley White Jr., 43, of Petersburg. White died at the scene after being struck by a car about 7:45 p.m. in the 16400 block of Jefferson Davis Highway, police said. A sedan was northbound on Jefferson Davis when it struck White while he was walking in the road, police said. The driver suffered minor injuries. An investigation is continuing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chippenham reopens after ice problems</title>
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Black ice on the roadways this morning prompted authorities to temporarily shut down a main commuter artery serving Chesterfield County and South Richmond. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:50:14 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: All lanes of I&#45;64 reopened in Louisa</title>
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Virginia State Police have reopened both lanes of Interstate 64 eastbound in Louisa County after a three-vehicle wreck this morning.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:54:04 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:There is a sign on Creighton Road westbound before Interstate 295. It says &#8220;End 45 mph.&#8220; What is the purpose for this sign? What would my speed become? Why not just put a sign up with the current speed limit for this area?&#8212;J.J. Answer: The sign indicates that you need to have a good memory so that you can recall what the speed limit was a while back.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:01:35 EDT</pubDate>
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Bid goodbye to state Route 5&#8217;s old, gapped, sagging span over the Chickahominy River, and say hello to the new Judith Stewart Dresser Memorial Bridge. The $33.6million span will open to traffic today, the Virginia Department of Transportation said, replacing a balky, 70-year-old bridge that has to swing open to allow boats to pass. &#8220;The drive to Williamsburg will be made much easier now that they have the new bridge,&#8220; said Charles City resident Doris Slusser. &#8220;It&#8217;s a big help for me.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:01:43 EDT</pubDate>
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A Manassas woman was struck and killed by a bus in Prince William County on Wednesday. Police said the driver of a bus making a right turn from the Manassas Mall did not see Cristina A. Claros, 29, who was attempting to cross Rixlew Lane at 7:15 p.m. The bus hit the woman and dragged her a short distance before running over her with its left front tire, police said. Claros was taken to Prince William Hospital in Manassas, where she died.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A Melfa man died early yesterday when the vehicle he was driving ran off an icy stretch of state Route 609 and overturned in Accomack County, Virginia State Police said. Clayton W. Kellam, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 1:40 a.m. wreck, about a tenth of a mile north of state Route 638. Police said he was ejected from his vehicle after his car struck a ditch and overturned. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A Henrico County man died yesterday when the sport utility vehicle he was driving crashed, ejecting him, state police said. Paul F. Lassiter, 31, of 10400 block of Silverbrook Drive died at VCU Medical Center about seven hours after the 2:16 a.m. crash. He was not wearing a seat belt, Virginia State Police said. Lassiter&#8217;s vehicle was traveling west on Church Road when it ran off the right side of the road and then the left side before overturning about 200 feet west of Loreines Landing Lane.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:01:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>N.Va. traffic said to be moving well</title>
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Interstate traffic in Northern Virginia was moving well yesterday evening, two days before the inauguration in Washington, state officials said. About 5 p.m., eastbound traffic on Interstate 66 in Arlington County was backed up 5 miles, but there was no indication that the backup was specifically caused by inauguration-related travel.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:01:07 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:I have encountered this problem twice and seen it happen to other folks using the toll booths. Someone either without an E-ZPass or one that no longer works will pull up to a toll gate, so far as to cause the driver behind him or her with a good E-ZPass to trip the gate. This allows the first person to proceed through the gate on the second vehicle&#8217;s E-ZPass. The gate drops, and the attendant then tells the second driver that he or she owes the toll.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Icy conditions close lanes on Brook Road</title>
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Police closed the northbound lanes of Brook Road between the 900 and 1300 blocks tonight because of icy conditions. That section of Brook Road, a few blocks south of Virginia Union University, is relatively low-lying. It includes a stretch that crosses the railroad tracks just north of downtown. Richmond police Capt. Gary Ladin said about 9:30 p.m. that he wasn&#8217;t sure how long the lanes would be closed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:12:18 EDT</pubDate>
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A 33-year-old man was killed in a single-car crash in Newport News yesterday. Robert Tinsley Fields IV of Newport News driving on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, 200 feet west of Louise Drive, when he lost control of his vehicle while exiting the interstate and struck a pole at 9:59 a.m. Fields was wearing a seat belt and died at the scene, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:01:27 EDT</pubDate>
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Commuter rail service from Fredericksburg is sold out for Inauguration Day, as travelers look for ways to enter and leave the nation&#8217;s capital without a vehicle. The Virginia Railway Express sold its last ticket yesterday for 15 trains scheduled to run each way on Tuesday, when two major interstates and all of the bridges to Washington will be closed to personal vehicles.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Two bridges from Virginia to close 12 hours Sunday for pre&#45;inaugural concert</title>
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Two main bridges from Virginia into Washington, D.C., will be closed to traffic for 12 hours on Sunday because of a concert to celebrate the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama. State officials announced today that both Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and Memorial Bridge will be closed to inbound traffic on Sunday from 5 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pedestrians will not be allowed to use Memorial Bridge or cross the Potomac River from the Arlington Cemetery exit on the Metro transit system.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:14:55 EDT</pubDate>
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A weekend crash killed a 16-year-old girl in Prince William County, Virginia State Police said. Alyssa Leighann Beach of Nokesville was driving west on state Route 215, one-tenth of a mile east of state Route 655, at 11:09 p.m. Saturday when the car ran off the left side of the road into a ditch, police said. The car vaulted forward and upward and struck several trees before coming to rest in a grassy field. Beach died the next day at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church. She was wearing a seat belt, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A Henrico County woman died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday shortly before midnight after her sport-utility vehicle struck a tree. Virginia State Police said Barbara D. Daniel, 58, apparently overcorrected her steering and her eastbound SUV crossed Springfield Road into the wrong lane and left the road. The crash took place about 600 feet east of Echo Lake Drive. The vehicle flipped and the roof struck a tree. Daniel, of the 3000 block of Stone Arbor Lane, was not wearing a seat belt, police said. She died at the scene.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:I was at a gas station. There was a person pumping diesel into a truck with the engine running. I asked him to turn it off but he didn&#8217;t, and so I left. Is it just common sense to turn off the engine while filling up, or is there a law that requires it? Also, when driving at dusk or in the dark, I see bicyclists who don&#8217;t have any kind of lights on. Is there a law on that?&#8212;Phil           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Two pedestrians are hit and killed</title>
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A man walking along U.S. 360 in Amelia County was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday night. Trooper T.G. Watson of the Virginia State Police said Rashmikant Dahyadhai Patel, 54, of Amelia was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6 p.m. crash. The fatality occurred when a pickup truck traveling east on U.S. 360 struck Patel about two-tenths of a mile west of U.S. 360 Business, Watson said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A Chesterfield County man has died from injuries he received in a New Year&#8217;s Eve car crash caused by a tree branch that fell on top his car, county police said. Eugene D. Gilliam Sr., 66, of the 9600 block of Precedent Road, died Saturday at VCU Medical Center. Police said Gilliam was driving west in the 8500 block of Hickory Road when high winds toppled a tree branch onto the roof of his car, causing him to lose control and crash into a tree about 11:30 a.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Toll revenue is up, but traffic is down on the Pocahontas Parkway. Tolls rose 25 cents, to $2.75 a trip, yesterday on the privately operated highway that crosses the James River between Chesterfield and Henrico counties. The increase was the second of a two-part toll raise that began a year ago to help pay for the road and improvements, including a link under construction to Richmond International Airport.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sports car hits Roanoke house, killing driver</title>
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A 21-year-old man who had been driving with a suspended license died late Friday after police chased him and he slammed his sports car into a brick house in northeast Roanoke. Thomas Bennett, a Bedford County resident described by family members as a car enthusiast, died after a crash that occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on Fleming Avenue, a block from Plantation Road.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Alexandria man dies in Fairfax crash</title>
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An Alexandria man has become Virginia&#8217;s third traffic fatality of 2009. Joshua S. Buker, 21, was killed yesterday when a car he was riding in struck a tree and a utility pole in Fairfax County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:01:55 EDT</pubDate>
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Q:Please remind people to get out of the way for emergency vehicles. One recent situation I will cite: On Parham Road, a firetruck had to sit through three red lights. Only two or three people made really good attempts to get out of the way.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:01:31 EDT</pubDate>
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