Breaking News for Culpeper and Warrenton Accident Victims

Trooper witnesses Thursday morning crash in Culpeper

Posted on Aug 30, 2008

A Rixeyville woman was hospitalized following a wreck Thursday morning that was witnessed by a Virginia State trooper.

The accident occurred around 8:15 a.m. in the 11000 block of Eggbornsville Road, said State Police spokesman Sgt. Les Tyler.

Capt. Michael A. Spivey was also traveling in the area and saw the crash in his rearview mirror, Tyler said.

Lisa L. Wolfe, 46, was eastbound on Eggbornsville Road when she failed to negotiate a curve. Tyler said her 2007 Hyundai SUV left the right side of the road, went up an embankment and crashed through a fence. The SUV then went down the embankment, crossed the road and overturned, coming to rest on the passenger side. It missed striking a large bale of hay by about 10 feet.

Wolfe was taken to Culpeper Regional Hospital with injuries Tyler described as non life-threatening. Hospital spokeswoman Amy Neese said Thursday afternoon that Wolfe was treated and released.

Tyler said Spivey, who was the first person on the scene, reported that failure to wear a seat belt and speed may have contributed to the accident and Wolfe’s injuries.