Lynchburg Woman Charged With DUI & Manslaughter| Virginia Accident Law
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Lynchburg, VA – April 23 – A Bedford woman is facing serious charges for drunk driving and manslaughter after allegedly killing two men in a fatal car crash Saturday morning.
The collision took place at approximately 2:00 a.m. and involved two vehicles, a 1997 Ford Explorer and a 2005 Honda Civic, both of which were going at a high rate of speed at the time of impact, reports WDBJ7.com.
John Hawkins, 26, and his passenger, Garry Moore, also 26, proceeded along the 7200 block of Timberlake Road when Amy Phillips, 28, collided with their vehicle. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
Phillips is now being contained at the Blue Ridge Regional Jail without bond. Her scheduled court appearance has yet to be released.
The number of drunk driving deaths in Virginia in one decade would have wiped out a small town. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that from 2003 to 2012, 2,613 people in Virginia lost
A Virginia Beach resident, John Paul Kotara, 27, was charged with driving under the influence after he hit a police car Friday night, reports The Virginian Pilot. The incident occurred at 10:43 on
The Virginia lawyer who faces a DUI charge and two counts of manslaughter after killing a couple riding a motorcycle in Ashburn, VA will remain in jail after a judge stayed his bond, reports NBC
Once again this holiday season Prince William County police are participating in Virginia’s Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign in the hopes of getting drunk drivers off the road, reports the Manassas
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