HAMPTON, Va. — A friend of a man killed earlier this month in a crash inside the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel has launched a petition calling for lower speed limits and increased safety measures inside the tunnel.
Thomas Wiley was killed after his tire blew out inside the HRBT. Police say another vehicle, traveling at a high rate of speed, struck Wiley’s car. Wiley was ejected from his vehicle and died at the scene.
Amy Hollandsworth, a longtime friend of Wiley, describes him as gentle and kind. She says they grew up together in Gloucester and recently reconnected at a reunion.
“When I saw him at the reunion, I told my friend Shannon I was going over there to give Thomas the biggest hug. I did exactly that, and it was like all the memories from middle school just came flooding back,” Hollandsworth said.
Those memories are now clouded by grief…