Albemarle County man dies in crash on Route 250 Bypass Charlottesville police (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By NBC29 Newsroom | January 14, 2021 at 1:19 PM EST - Updated January 14 at 1:23 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Charlottesville Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that happened Wednesday, Jan. 13 on the Route 250 Bypass near Locust Avenue at around 6 p.m.
Police say it appears a Hyundai Elantra was traveling on the Route 250 Bypass eastbound when it crossed the median and collided head-on with a Toyota Tacoma traveling westbound.
The driver of the Hyundai Elantra, 49-year-old Anthony Douglas Cureton of Albemarle County, was taken to the University of Virginia Medical Center where he passed away a short time later.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – Charlottesville Police say a 49-year old Albemarle County man was the victim in Wednesday night’s fatal three-vehicle crash that closed the 250 bypass at Locust Avenue for nearly 4 hours. Police got the call shortly after 6pm.
Investigators believe an eastbound Hyndai Elantra somehow crossed the median and collided head-on with a westbound Toyota Tacoma. A CPD release does not mention what the third vehicle was or how it became involved. The Hyundai driver Albemarle resident Anthony Douglas Cureton was transported to UVa where he died a short time later.
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