WAYNESBORO A suspect accused of fleeing a hit-and-run Friday night and then slamming his truck into a car, killing a woman who was well known in local political circles, has been charged with aggravated involuntary manslaughter in her death, according to the Waynesboro Commonwealth s Attorney s Office.
On Friday shortly before 10:30 p.m., authorities said 22-year-old Sean B. Webster, of Chesapeake, was just outside of Waynesboro s city limits in the county when he allegedly struck a Hyundai with his 2020 Ford Ranger at the intersection of U.S. 250 and Nottingham Lane. Police said he fled the scene.
Minutes later, police said Webster s pickup entered Waynesboro before slamming into a 2019 Honda Insight at the intersection of West Main Street and Lew Dewitt Boulevard. The impact of the crash pushed both vehicles into a CVS parking lot.
BREAKING: Waynesboro woman dead in car accident Friday night
Published Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021, 11:34 am
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A Waynesboro woman is dead after a series of accidents in the region Friday night.
On Friday, April 23, 2021, at 10:21 p.m., the Virginia State Police was called to the scene of a hit-and-run crash at Jefferson Highway/Rte. 250 and Nottingham Lane in Augusta County. A Hyundai was struck by another vehicle that fled the scene. The driver of the Hyundai was not injured in the crash.
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A handwritten card arrived the other day. As I pulled out the small, beige card, I noticed that it had a Johnny Cash stamp on it.
I smiled when I saw the return address. It was a thank you note from Don Reid for a gift we had made to his Sunday School class in memory of his brother, Harold, who had recently kept an appointment with the Lord.
The stamp, I knew, was a special nod of appreciation. Don and Harold, no more than mere boys, had been discovered by Cash who launched them toward a career that was more than stardom. It became legend and put them, along with group mates Phil Balsley, Lew DeWitt and Jimmy Fortune, in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
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The Statler Brothers (sometimes referred to in country music circles as simply
The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group. The quartet was formed in 1955 performing locally and, in 1964, they began singing backup for Johnny Cash.
Originally performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as The Four Star Quartet, and later The Kingsmen. In 1963, when the song Louie, Louie by the garage rock band also called The Kingsmen became famous, the group elected to bill themselves as The Statler Brothers. Despite the name, only two members of the group (Don and Harold Reid) are actual brothers and none has the surname of Statler. The band, in fact, named themselves after a brand of facial tissue they had noticed in a hotel room (they joked that they could have turned out to be the Kleenex Brothers). Don Reid sang lead; Harold Reid, Don s older brother, sang bass; Phil Balsley sang baritone; and Lew DeWitt sang tenor