You wouldn't illustrate a TJ story with Madison
I was wondering why the photo for [the Hook's November 24 cover story: "The road: Death count mounts in Albemarle"] uses a relatively late-model Renault Clio which, judging from the appearance of the...
View ArticleThe road: Death count mounts in Albemarle
"Let me grab my phone– I'm expecting a victim's family to call."That's Sergeant Sean Hackney on November 17, the morning after the fifth person has died in less than a week on an Albemarle County road....
View ArticleAnother death: Albemarle traffic fatalities rise to 21
In November, after five people died in crashes in less than a week and with 19 deaths for the year, Albemarle was looking at its highest number of traffic fatalities since 2003.Since then, two more...
View ArticleOvercorrection: First Albemarle traffic fatality not weather related
After a year in which 21 people died on roads in Albemarle County, Djarad Robinson, 36, of Charlottesville became the first fatality of 2012 as a passenger in the back seat of a car that had run out of...
View ArticleHighway crashes: 'Economist' bureau chief among two killed
Two people including an internationally renowned magazine writer died in separate incidents on Albemarle roads May 10.The first of the Thursday accidents occurred around 2:50pm on U.S. 29 South near...
View ArticleThree fatalities: Traffic deaths unrelated
Albemarle hasn't had any fatalities all year– and then within three days, three men are dead from crashes on county roads."All three of these are very different, with much different dynamics," says...
View ArticleFatal crash: Guilty plea in Garth Road racing charge
Nearly a year after two young men's paths collided on Garth Road, Thomas Clayton Appleton, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of felony racing that caused the death of 18-year-old Samuel Taylor. Related...
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