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Fatal Car Crash in Norfolk on I-64 Blamed on Speed & Weather
Posted on May 31, 2010
According to Virginia State Police a man is dead after crashing his car on I-64 West. The man, Rodney Quintel Drayton, 45, crashed in Norfolk after merging onto I-64 West at Tidewater Drive.
Drayton lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tractor trailer. He was ejected from his vehicle upon impact and died at the scene of the accident. According to police, Drayton had not been wearing a seat belt. It is unknown if he would have survived had he been buckled up.
It was rainy the morning that Drayton was killed, and Drayton was also traveling faster than police consider safe considering the weather. Police believe that the weather and Drayton’s excessive speed led to the crash.
Drayton would have been a target for Virginia’s annual “Click It or Ticket” campaign, where law enforcement officers are out in force looking for drivers who are not buckled up. As evidenced in this case, driving without a seat belt leaves drivers vulnerable to being ejected from their vehicle in a wreck.
While there is no guarantee that a seat belt will save drivers or their passengers from injury or death, wearing a seat belt improves one’s chances of surviving a car crash. Common sense measures like seat belt use and safe driving speeds (especially during inclement weather) can save lives.
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