Breaking News for Culpeper and Warrenton Accident Victims

Alcohol, speed factors in Culpeper wreck that leaves two injured

Posted on Mar 31, 2010

A single-vehicle crash has left two people injured and police wondering what happened. The crash happened at night, around 9:20pm, when a car sped off the side of a road. Fortunately, no other vehicles were involved in the collision.

According to Virginia State Police, the vehicle, a 2002 four-door BMW sedan was headed down U.S. 522 at Browning road when it suddenly veered off to onto the right side of the highway. The BMW overturned as a result of the accident.

Neither the driver, Roxie Ann Perryman, 25, nor the passenger Larry Sanford Walker, 35, were wearing seatbelts when the accident occurred. Crash victims who don’t wear their seatbelts have a far greater chance of being seriously hurt or killed in a rollover crash than victims who are properly restrained.

Both Perryman and Walker had to be airlifted to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, VA after the crash. There is no word as to their status or whether or not they sustained life-threatening injuries.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is onging. A Virginia State Police trooper did state that alcohol consumption and speed were factors that may have contributed to the rollover crash. Speed is often a factor in rollover crashes, as cars are more likely to flip if they hit an obstacle while traveling at a high rate of speed.