Crash on Portsmouth Blvd, Suffolk, Virginia

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:31 AM

Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)2 vehiclesHit and run
Reporting agency
City of Suffolk
Document number
201695302
Local case code
20200006276

From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.

Where and when

Location
Portsmouth Blvd
City, county
Suffolk
Collision type
Fixed Object - Off Road
Intersection type
Not at Intersection
First harmful event
Ran Off Road
Traffic control
Traffic Lanes Marked
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
55 mph
Weather
No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
Light
Daylight
Road surface
Other
Hit and run
Yes
People involved
2
Injured
1
Killed
1

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 1997 Hond Civic

Passenger car

Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Ran Off Road - Right
  • Driver, maleRestraint: Other. Airbag: Deployed - Front
    Fatal
  • Passenger, male, 52Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - Front
    Serious injury
Damage area not recorded

Unit 2: Unk Unknown

Passenger car

Maneuver
Changing Lanes

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Avoiding Other Vehicleas recorded on the report

A contributing factor or charge recorded by an officer is not a finding of fault or a conviction. We show the record as the state released it.

Nearby and recent

44 crashes recorded on Portsmouth Blvd in Suffolk in the last 12 months, 23 with injuries.

No other crashes are recorded within 2 km in the 30 days either side of this one.

All Suffolk crashes, June 2020

About this record

Source
VDOT crash data
Updates
Changes the state makes to this record are applied here when the source publishes them
First published here
October 25, 2026
Last updated
October 25, 2026, no changes recorded
What is left out
Names, addresses, plates, and license and insurance numbers are not in the public data and never appear here

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