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Man killed in pickup truck crash in Suffolk

Posted at 8:51 AM, Jul 26, 2014
and last updated 2014-07-26 18:44:37-04

Suffolk, Va. - One man was killed early Saturday morning in an accident on Carolina Road in Suffolk.

The crash happened between the 700 and 800 block of Carolina Road just before the Southwest Suffolk Bypass when a Toyota Tundra 4-door pickup truck the roadway, struck a culvert and flipped multiple times.

Police say the man, 26-year-old Kenneth Wiggins, Jr. from Hobbsville, North Carolina, was the lone occupant of the vehicle when he was ejected from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both southbound lanes of Carolina Road and one northbound lane was closed to traffic between the 700 and 800 block but have since reopened.