State police identify two victims in deadly crash on I64 in New Kent
Nov 12, 2024
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.
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The crash is still under investigation by Virginia State Police.