VSP: 81YO woman killed in crash, son charged with reckless driving

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — A woman is dead after a crash in Brunswick County.

Just before 11 a.m. Monday, troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on I-85.

The driver, James Ellis Price III, was traveling southbound when fell asleep, ran off the road and hit a tree.

His passenger and mother, Shirley Anne Price, 81, of Danville, Virginia later died from her injuries.

James Ellis Price III has been charged with reckless driving.

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