RICHMOND, VA — Eleven people were killed in nine separate traffic crashes across Virginia during the four-day Fourth of July holiday period, according to preliminary data released by Virginia State Police.
The statistical period ran from July 3 to July 6. Among the fatal incidents were two double-fatality crashes: one involving an all-terrain vehicle in Orange County on July 4, and a wrong-way head-on collision on the Express Lanes of Interstate 495 in Fairfax County on Sunday.
Other fatal crashes occurred in Amelia, Buckingham, Clarke, Henrico, King William, Prince Edward, and Spotsylvania counties. One of the incidents included a pedestrian struck and killed in Buckingham County on July 4…