One dead in Route 164 crash

Published 10:38 pm Friday, March 18, 2016

One man was killed and another was taken to the hospital with serious injuries following a single-vehicle accident at the Towne Point Road exit on 164 West on Friday morning.

A police officer on patrol found a black Subaru sedan with heavy damage at the exit at 3:09 a.m., according to a press release from the Portsmouth Police Department.

Medics responded and declared one of the adult male occupants of the car deceased, with another having suffered serious injuries.

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The injured man was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Police had not released the names of the victims, and the incident was still under investigation Friday evening.

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