A family is mourning the loss of a 20-year-old who died Tuesday after being hit by a Freightliner on Richmond Rd. in James City County on Christmas Eve.
The pedestrian who was hit by a semitruck on Christmas Eve died Tuesday, one day after his 20th birthday, according to James City County police. Joshua Barkley, of Newport News, was attempting to retrieve items from the roadway when a Freightliner truck, without a trailer attached, was traveling eastbound and struck him on Richmond Road near Noah’s Ark Veterinary Hospital at about 12:30 a.m., .
JAMES CITY COUNTY — A pedestrian struck by a truck early Sunday morning on the 7200 block of Richmond Road was removed from life support on the afternoon of Dec.