NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred Sunday afternoon (Dec. 21) in New Kent County.
At approximately 2:00 p.m., a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 was traveling westbound on Route 60 when it ran off the left side of the roadway, struck a tree, overturned, and came to rest on its driver’s side. The vehicle then caught fire.
The New Kent Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the fire.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was identified as 18-year-old Gavin Awessew Adkins. Adkins was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
This crash remains under investigation.
