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Two dead in Suffolk (VA) head-on crash

By Rick Shapiro

Thomas W. Ashburn and Shane W. Blair have been identified as the two men killed in a head-on collision Sunday afternoon in Suffolk.

Ashburn, 28, of Indian Trail Road, was driving a Volkswagen when crossed into the oncoming lane on a curve, a Suffolk police spokesman told The Virginian-Pilot. His car collided head-on with a pickup truck driven by Benjamin Copeland, 17, of Whaleyville Boulevard in Suffolk, the Suffolk News-Herald reported.

Copeland was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he was in stable condition, the newspaper reported. Blair, 18, of Kansas Street, was a passenger in the pickup.

The crash happened on Indian Trail Road near Deer Path Road and was reported at 4:37 p.m., according to the Pilot.

Seventy-five percent of head-on collisions take place on rural, undivided two-lane roads, according to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The association suggests these solutions to reduce such collisions:

– Install centerline rumble strips for two-lane roads

– Install profiled thermoplastic strips for centerlines

– Provide wider cross sections on two-lane roads

– Provide center two-way left-turn lanes for four- and two-lane roads

– Reallocate total two-lane roadway width (lane and shoulder) to include a narrow "buffer median"

About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper,Lewis & Appleton personal injury law firm is based in Virginia (VA), near the NE North Carolina (NC) border and handles car, truck, railroad, and medical negligence cases and more. Our lawyers proudly edit the Virginia Beach Injuryboard, Norfolk Injuryboard, and Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard as a pro bono public information service. Lawyers licensed in: VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, KY.

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Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Rick Shapiro

Full post as published by Norfolk-Portsmouth Personal Injury Lawyer on August 18, 2009 (boomark / email).