On August 14, the Virginia State Police (VSP) responded to a call at approximately 1:46 p.m. to investigate a single vehicle crash in Sussex County. According to their report, when troopers arrived at 9316 Birch Island Road they “found the driver and only occupant to be deceased.”
Preliminary investigations revealed that the driver of a 1999 Dodge Dakota pick-up truck was 62 year old Charles Lee Mixell, who was later described as “a respected member of the Wakefield community.”
The report indicated that Mixell was traveling northbound on Birch Island Road when he ran off the right side of the roadway, striking several trees…