SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police is currently investigating a deadly crash in Sussex County.
On Thursday, June 16, police responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on Route 35, Jerusalem Plank Road, south of Neblett Mill Road.
Preliminary investigations by police state, at 10:28 p.m., the driver of a 2005 Honda Accord, Jonathan L. Myrick, was traveling southbound on Route 35 at a high speed before losing control of the vehicle. The car ran off the roadway and overturned several times before landing in a ditch.
37-year-old Myrick died upon impact, according to police. It is unknown if alcohol was a contributing factor. Myrick was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
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