This past March a man is accused of killing four motorists when he crashed head-on into their vehicle on a Culpeper County road. The accident happened on March 22, 2009 when Eugene Tyrone Greene, 29, of Spotsylvania County, crashed his 2002 Chevy Tahoe head-on into a 2004 Toyota Corolla carrying five people.
The accident happened east of Stevensburg near Clay Hill Road on the two-lane portion of State Route 3. Greene, a former Culpeper resident, was driving on the wrong side of the road when the accident happened. Four of the occupants of the Corolla were pronounced dead at the scene.
Victims include Tyler Scott Harlow, 20, the Corolla’s driver, Joseph Lee Sahnow, 20, Tianna V. Jones, 19, and James B. Cook, 21. One person from the Corolla survived the accident: Howard John Steiniger, 27, who was sitting in the right rear seat when the crash occurred.
Greene was treated at Mary Washington Hospital for his injuries and released. That night he turned himself in to police and his bond was set for $20,000.
This month a grand jury indicted Greene on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one felony count of maiming, one felony count of destruction of property during the commission of a felony, reckless driving and operating a vehicle with no insurance.