On October 23, 2024, at approximately 8:52 a.m., state police were called to investigated a single vehicle motorcycle crash at Burkes Pond Road (Route 602) north of John Clayton Memorial Highway (Route 14).
The investigation revealed that a 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by 62 year old Richard Gregory Gibson, Jr. of the 9300 block of Dutton Road, Dutton, Virginia, was traveling north on Burkes Pond Road, when he ran off the roadway into a ditch. Gibson was seriously injured and transported to Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester County, where he later succumbed to his injuries. It is unknown at this time if speed or alcohol are factors in this crash.
The roadway has been cleared and next of kin has been notified.
