HAMPTON, Va. — A crash on I-664 left a passenger dead, according to Virginia State Police.
On Monday, Feb. 6 around 5:15 p.m., state police responded to a crash involving one car on I-664, northbound. Police say the crash occurred south of Power Plant Parkway in Hampton.
Police reported that the driver, Joseph L. Locklear Jr., lost control of his vehicle while driving on I-664, causing him to run off the road and into a construction barrel. The car then went into a ditch and hit several trees before stopping, according to police.
Authorities say the passenger, who has since been identified as 38-year-old Alvin Lamar Emanuel Banks of Suffolk, died upon impact. He was not wearing a seatbelt, according to police.
Locklear was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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