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A vehicle slid off the highway in Windsor and crashed into a water main just east of the town limits along U.S. Route 460. Utility workers were called to repair the broken pipe, which had ruptured.
According to police spokeswoman Sgt. Michelle Cotten, Virginia State Police were called to the crash scene that occurred at 12484 Windsor Blvd., at approximately 9:28 AM. Cotten said that the 2003 Ford Expedition involved in the crash had extensive damage after it veered off the highway, smashed into a mailbox, went down an embankment, hit a guide wire for a telephone pole and eventually crashed into the pole.
The evidence of the crash seems to indicate that the Ford Expedition was traveling eastbound on U.S. Route 460.
At some point during the crash, the Ford Expedition also hit a blowoff valve, which is a 4-inch pipe that sticks out of the ground and permits periodic flushing of the underground water main. The driver of the vehicle, Alan Willis from Wakefield, was given a citation for reckless driving and he suffered only minor injures from the accident, according to Cotten.
An alert regarding the accident was issued by Isle of Wight County officials at approximately 11:00 AM that warned the public that the right eastbound lane of U.S. Route 460 had been closed.
Suffolk-based Art-Ray Corp. workers made repairs to the water main. During the repairs, workers from the county and the Virginia Department of Transportation were also present.
According to an employee from the county’s engineering department, who did not want to be identified in the article, the water main was a 16-inch pipe, located 3 feet underground and constructed in 2002. He described that accident as a “freak occurrence.”
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