The amount of legal fentanyl prescribed in Virginia rose only 10 percent from 2007 to 2014. But the annual death toll in Virginia — thanks in large part to the illegally produced version of the drug — nearly tripled in that time frame, from 48 to 134. And last year, fentanyl was linked to an…
Despite all the harsher drunk driving laws, strict police enforcement, and education, 2016 is set to go down as one of the worst years for drunk driving accident deaths. In 2015, there were 10,265 people killed in this country by drunk drivers. That was a 300 percent increase over 2014. And safety experts say when…
A Caroline County deputy suffered serious injuries when the cruiser he was driving hit head-on by another vehicle on Ladysmith Road. According to reports from law enforcement, at approximately 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, a pickup truck crossed over the yellow line and slammed head-on into the deputy’s vehicle. The 25-year-old deputy suffered a suffered a…
It has taken Virginia State Police almost two weeks to determine who was the driver behind the wheel in a fatal car crash which killed two Halifax County High School students and seriously injured a third. The single-car crash occurred on December 22nd on Bethel Road, less than a mile east of Route 626 in…