GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. — A driver was killed and a 7-year-old boy was hospitalized in a vehicle crash Saturday evening in Gloucester County, according to Virginia State Police.
Troopers said a 1997 Acura CL heading north on Route 17 went off the highway into the median, crashing into a 2021 Ford EcoSport. The crash caused the Acura to roll onto its roof.
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The driver of the Acura, 39-year-old Amber Velez, of Gloucester, who was thrown from the vehicle, died at the scene, troopers said in a release.
A 7-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the car, was flown to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk with non-life-threatening injuries.
