Tuesday, September 3, 2024

(UPDATED) Two die in fiery Sunday morning crash.

 (Shore Daily News)



A Pennsylvania couple has been identified as the victims in a crash that took place early Sunday morning on Route 13 in Eastville.

According to Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Anaya, preliminary investigations has revealed that the driver of a 2022 Toyota Rav-4 was traveling northbound and ran off the roadway, striking a ditch and a culvert, before catching on fire and becoming fully engulfed. Both driver and passenger became entrapped inside the vehicle.

The driver, 79 year old Arthur Wilmer Smith and his wife, 77 year old Susan Alice Smith, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, both succumbed to their injuries.

Neither speed nor alcohol were contributing factors in the crash. Next of kin has been made.


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