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By Mary Ann Kuhn
Rappahannock News Writer
It would only be a matter of minutes before Troy Foster’s young life would end that Friday night four days before last Christmas.
He had just left his parents’ home on Dearing Road that evening of Dec. 21 and was on his way to the Flint Hill bank to cash his paycheck. He was driving his silver Tbvota pickup on Resettlement Road (Route 659) and had gone less than a mile;
His plan was to cash his check, go back home, feed the dog, shower and go Christmas shopping with his 6-year-old son, Isaiah, and his fiance, Stephanie.
Troy Foster, 30, never made it to the bank.
Unbeknownst to him, another vehicle, which was weaving from one side of the road to the other, was on its way in his direction. And what would happen next would forever change the lives of the people involved and nearly devastate two Rappahannock families. This tragedy and its memories have joined them for life.
A red Ford F250 pickup truck had left Marshall,Va., where it had been in for repairs at a shop there, and was seen by a witness on Route 647 weaving back and forth on the wrong side of the road and wrong shoulder, according to law enforcement authorities. This witness, who was driving behind the Ford pickup, called into the Rappahannock County Sheriff"s Office, reporting a possible drunk driver. It was 5:40 p.nv.
The driver of the Ford pickup continued to his home near Flint Hill and was now on Route 659, the same road young Troy Foster was traveling. The Ford pickup crossed over to the other side of the road and struck young Faster head on at a crest in the mad. The accident call came into the sheriff"s office at 5:54 p.m..
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