Police investigating July 3 car crash
A Christiansburg resident was severely injured in a car crash at the intersection of Southgate Drive and U.S. 460 on Friday.
Robert Chester, 34, was ejected from his 1996 Cadillac Deville when his car struck a Jeep Cherokee.
Chester was traveling west on the bypass. According to a Blacksburg press release, he was "passing vehicles that were stopped for the red light at the intersection by continuing in the right turn lane" at the time of the accident.
The Cherokee, driven by 32-year-old Christiansburg resident Lisa Cotting, was turning left off the bypass and onto Southgate Drive. It struck Chester's car in the rear driver's side door, causing the driver's door to open. Chester was ejected from the vehicle.
Police determined he was not wearing a seat belt.
He was airlifted to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with severe injures.
Cotting was taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital, where she was released after treatment for minor injuries.
No charges have been filed as a result of this accident at this time.
Plane crashes on Tech owned farm in Rockbridge County
A small plane that crashed in Rockbridge County over the weekend landed on McCormick Farm, a piece of land owned by Virginia Tech.
Details of the crash are still murky, as the plane broke into many small pieces as a result of the crash and post-crash fire.
According to a Roanoke Times report, four people reportedly boarded the Pilatus PC-12 plane in New Jersey on Sunday morning.
The plane, owned by former Checker's Drive-In CEO Daniel Dorsch, was scheduled to fly to Tampa, Fla.
Dorsch reportedly was flying the plane, as he is a licensed pilot.
Other reported occupants of the plane included Dorsch's wife, Cynthia, and her dance partner.
Investigators from the FAA are still working to sort out the wreckage and confirm the number of victims.
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