Two killed in accidents on Va. highways

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) - A Virginia State Police spokeswoman says troopers worked two fatal accidents this holiday weekend.

Sgt. Michelle Anaya said both accidents happened on October 9, one in Newport News and the other in Accomack County.

At 1:20 a.m. 29-year-old Adam Joseph Coster was traveling eastbound on I-64 at mile marker 247 when his 2000 Acura Inspire veered off the road.

According to a release, Coster, of the 1500 block of Grove Street in Hampton, overcorrected and struck the guard rail. He died at the scene.

Over 12 hours later at 1:31 p.m. troopers were called to a two vehicle accident on Southbound Route 13, east of route 691.

A police investigation revealed that a 2001 Infinity G20 was traveling southbound on Route 13 when a 2010 Dodge Caravan traveling northbound on the same road failed to stop at a red light.

The Dodge tried to make a left turn onto Route 691 causing the Infinity to crash into the caravan's passenger side.

Anaya said the driver of the Infinity, 72-year-old Harry Lionel Killmon, Jr., of Jamesville, Virginia, was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center where he later died.

The driver of the Dodge was charged with failure to obey a traffic signal. Anaya added that more charges were pending against the driver.