RICHMOND, Va. — A 60-year-old man died after being struck by the driver of a dump truck in Richmond’s Carver neighborhood, marking the city’s second fatal pedestrian collision of 2026.
The crash occurred at the intersection of West Leigh Street and North Harrison Street, near Carver Elementary School. The man was crossing West Leigh in a crosswalk with a walk signal when the dump truck driver turned left from North Harrison onto West Leigh and hit him.
“The driver did stay at the scene and police say the truck driver did have the green light, but they did not yield,” said James Mercante, spokesperson for Richmond Police…