Two-truck collision also sends two men to area hospitals
Two-truck collision also sends two men to area hospitalsby Don Richeson –
BREAKING NEWS — A Hartfield-Topping area crash Friday evening claimed the life of Wicomoco Church woman and seriously injured her husband.
Gladys Elise Vito, 73, was a passenger in a pickup truck that was broadsided by a tow truck, and died at the crash scene, according to a news release by Sgt. Michelle Anaya of the Virginia State Police.
The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. on General Puller Highway (Route 33) west of Bob’s Hole Road (Route 625). The pickup, a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, was pulling a camper and was being driven by Douglas Anthony Vito, 73, who was attempting to exit a private driveway. According to the news release, the Vitos’ pickup was struck by an oncoming tow truck, a 2006 Ford F650 driven by Clarence Daniel Jones of Hartfield.
Douglas Vito was transported to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Jones suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester. His male passenger was uninjured.
Vito failed to yield the right of way and will not be charged in the accident.
