A tricky turn on Route 729 almost claimed another life last week.
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Accidents/Fires/Floods
‘Worst road’ almost claims another
Two airlifted in 211 accident
Two young men extracted by rescuers from a car with Maryland license plates were airlifted to area medical centers just after 6 p.m. Monday, where both were reported Tuesday to be in critical but stable condition in the facilities’ intensive care units. The driver of the car was identified by Virginia State Police Trooper...
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Washed out
Residents and visitors faced unexpected challenges traveling in Rappahannock County this past weekend as torrents of rain flooded roads, stranded travelers and carved new potholes and gullies.
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Photo: Change of plans
Robert Fountain (right), 18, says he swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel running across Sharp Rock Road and slid on loose gravel into a tree — yes, that tree — first thing Monday morning just south of Sperryville. Neither he nor passenger Justin Kim (left), 17, remembers seeing the tree fall. "It was like...
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Letter: Our sincere appreciation
We would like to send special thanks to our coworkers and everyone else for their phone calls, cards, food and visits since the automobile accident. Sharon is recovering nicely and Brenda has quite a ways to go. We would like to thank the Inova Fairfax Hospital staff for all the special care given to...
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Photo: Wreck injures Rappahannock residents
The two Rappahannock sisters headed home from work in this Jeep were injured Monday afternoon when they collided with a truck at U.S. 211 and Route 688 near Orlean.
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Huntly man dies in 522 accident
A Huntly man died Dec. 29 after a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 522 in northern Rappahannock County.
Jerry Lee Gray Sr., 51, died of his injuries while being transported to a hospital in Warren County, according to Sgt. Les Tyler of the Virginia State Police.
Statewide, on the extended Christmas and New Year’s holiday weekends before...
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The subject is water
Monday’s post-storm flood waters, which caused a slew of temporary closings throughout the county but no serious injuries, may have been great for kayaks, but were not good — never are — for cars and trucks. Experienced kayaker and Tyler Holtzman is shown shooting the rapids on the upper Thornton River, above Sperryville, on...
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