Westbound crossed center line and struck vehicle head on traveling eastbound two drivers were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Weve just learned in the last 5 minutes that one of the drivers, 19 year old Kayla Simmons of Roanoke County, has died. Neither car had any passengers. Investigators say drugs and alcohol possibly may have been a factor. People can bypass on temple drive. Well bring you more information on this crash as we get it. Live in vinton, Christian Heilman wdbj7 a reminder now of how cold it will be tomorrow. Startedwatching sunday morning if we get down the record right now are projecting somewhere between seven and nine degrees and the wind is also an issue windchill advisory is up through a sunday morning because the winds kick him in this cold air gets involved. It really is very uncomfortable with the windchill right now around the region you can see that it is quite cold in the mountains they were from zero to six most of the eye eighty one quarters r
First on wdbj7, the trial for ashley white will continue thursday now but without a jury. Just hours ago the judge accepted a compromise from the commonwealths attorney and whites lawyers to hold a bench trial instead of a jury trial. White is charged with child abuse and neglect. Her son noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank near the familys Pulaski County home. Kelsey bulger, her attorney, said it was impossible to seat a jury in Pulaski County because so many people know about the case either through media or social media. Both sides waived a jury trial. This comes after the court interviewed 66 potential jurors in two days and and filled its jury pool. About 60 percent of jurors were dismissed because they said they had an opinion or had heard about the case. New at 11 police are looking for a man they say robbed a pharmacy in rocky mount. It happened just after 5 at the Family Pharmacy in the Schewels Plaza on franklin street. Authorities say Joshua Cundiff took an unknown a
White will continue tomorrow, but without a jury. Yesterday the judge accepted a compromise from the commonwealths attorney and whites lawyers to hold a bench trial instead of a jury trial. White is charged with child abuse and neglect. Her son noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank near the familys Pulaski County home. Kelsey bulger, her attorney, said it was impossible to seat a jury in Pulaski County because so many people know social media. Jury trial. This comes after the court interviewed 66 potential jurors in two days and and filled about 60 percent of jurors were they said they had an opinion or had heard about the case. New details were revealed in a danville murder case during a Christy Michelle beskin pleaded guilty court to arson and murder of donna hiattlanier in march 2015. Beskins Attorney Says the two were friends for a long time. She says beskin did not go to hiatt laniers house with intentions to kill. In court yesterday, beskin admits her actions in the home we
Just one person is dead after a deadly crash in vinton involving two cars. It happened late last night. Crews arrived at the scene on hardy road near temple drive. A vehicle traveling westbound crossed the center line and struck another vehicle headon traveling east. Rushed to the hospital with serious one of the drivers, 19 year old Kayla Simmons of Roanoke County, died as a result of her injuries. Passengers. Investigators say drugs and alcohol may have played a role in the crash. Well bring you more it both on the air and on our website at wdbj7dotcom. Late yesterday afternoon a Pulaski County judge ruled ashley white abused and neglected her children. Wdbj7s justin ward tells us what white said happened the day her son noah thomas went missing nearly a year ago. Ashley whites lawyers had nothing to say friday afternoon just moments after judge Bradley Finch ruled white is guilty of three counts of child abuse and neglect. Finch said this was a disaster waiting to happen. White admi
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