Police: 1 dead in Chesapeake crash

Jimmy LaRoue

May 16, 2024 at 2:29 AM·1 min read

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A man is dead following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday on Backwoods Road in Chesapeake near the North Carolina border, police said.

Around 7:20 p.m., Chesapeake Police responded to the 4600 block of Backwoods Road in reference to a single-vehicle crash on the two-lane road. The driver was the only person inside the vehicle, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The Chesapeake Police crash reconstruction team was at the scene investigating the crash.

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