Man charged after 2 people killed in Portsmouth multi-vehicle crash

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Two people were killed last week in a three-vehicle crash at High Street and Elm Avenue, Portsmouth police said, and now a man has been charged in connection with it.

Officers responded to the intersection about 10:54 p.m. on February 12 and found three vehicles involved. Investigators said a vehicle traveling west on High Street failed to obey a traffic signal and struck another vehicle, pushing it into a stationary pickup truck.

The occupants of the struck vehicle, Ny Asia Hill, 23, and Deandre Lilly, 24, were pronounced dead at the scene…

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