Man dies on Route 58

Published 9:18 pm Tuesday, January 20, 2015

One man died in this single-vehicle tractor-trailer accident on Route 58 overnight Monday.

One man died in this single-vehicle tractor-trailer accident on Route 58 overnight Monday.

A 48-year-old man died in a single-vehicle accident in the 5600 block of Holland Road overnight Monday.

According to Suffolk Police spokesman Tim Kelley, dispatchers were notified of the accident at 11:46 p.m. An eastbound tractor-trailer went off the road, hitting a guardrail and coming to rest in a ditch, it was reported.

Jonathan Lee Wilson of Portsmouth collapsed while talking with police, Kelley stated. Life-saving measures were performed and he was ground transported to Sentara Obici Hospital, where he died.

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Two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane were alternated in the one eastbound lane that remained open. The accident remains under investigation.