State police identify two victims in deadly crash on I-64 in New Kent
NEW KENT, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia State Police have identified the two victims of the deadly single-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 in New Kent. At approximately 11:27 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, state police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Westbound I-64 at the 206-mile marker in New Kent County. The crash resulted in two deaths. 36-year-old Eric Latrell Upshaw, of Walkerton, was driving a 2003 Kenworth T800 when one of the tires blew -- causing the truck to run off the side of the road and hit a tree. According to state police, the truck then caught on fire. Upshaw and the passenger in his car, 40-year-old Randall Benton Cooper of Glen Allen, died from injuries due to the crash. (Courtesy of Virginia State Police) (Courtesy of Virginia State Police) (Courtesy of Virginia State Police) The crash is still under investigation by Virginia State Police.
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NEW KENT, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia State Police have identified the two victims of the deadly single-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 in New Kent.
At approximately 11:27 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, state police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Westbound I-64 at the 206-mile marker in New Kent County. The crash resulted in two deaths.
36-year-old Eric Latrell Upshaw, of Walkerton, was driving a 2003 Kenworth T800 when one of the tires blew -- causing the truck to run off the side of the road and hit a tree. According to state police, the truck then caught on fire.
Upshaw and the passenger in his car, 40-year-old Randall Benton Cooper of Glen Allen, died from injuries due to the crash.
(Courtesy of Virginia State Police)
(Courtesy of Virginia State Police)
(Courtesy of Virginia State Police)
The crash is still under investigation by Virginia State Police.
