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21 killed
on Virginia
roadways
for July 4
RICHMOND - Eight drivers, eight passengers and five pedestrians were killed in 17 traffic crashes on Virginia’s highways during the five-day statistical counting period for the 2006 Fourth of July holiday, according to preliminary data form the State police. In 2005, 16 were killed statewide in traffic crashes during the four-day Independence Day holiday weekend.
Alcohol was a factor in four of the traffic crashes and unknown in another four. Of the 16 drivers and passengers killed, 10 Were not wearing safety belts. The majority of the crashes involved vehicles running off the road and striking a tree, embankment or utility pole.
“This was the worst Fourth of July weekend for traffic fatalities in Virginia since we lost 22 persons back in 1997,” said Colonel W. Steven
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