Florida man dies in motorcycle crash

A Florida man died Sunday after crashing his motorcycle off Interstate 81, just south of Rural Retreat.
Walter J. Wolcott, 71, of Tampa, Fla., died after his motorcycle ran off of the interstate one mile south of Virginia 90 as he traveled northbound on the highway.
Virginia State Police Trooper J.T. Melvin said the single-vehicle crash occurred a few minutes after 10 a.m. Wolcott died within the hour at Wythe County Community Hospital, Melvin added.
As of Tuesday morning, Melvin said no cause had been determined for the crash. He said an eyewitness saw Wolcott “start to wobble a little bit” before his 2005 Kawasaki KLR 650 veered off the right side of the road, throwing Wolcott from the motorcycle and into the guardrail.
Also on Sunday:
• A New Kent County teen was killed early Sunday in a single-car wreck on state Route 605 in King and Queen County. Dustin L. Johnson, 18, of Quinton was headed north about 3 a.m. when his pickup truck ran off the road, Virginia State Police said. He overcorrected and the truck overturned. Johnson was ejected and died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.
•  In Hampton, Theresa L. Hunt, 50, of Hayes was killed after her motorcycle wrecked and she was struck by another vehicle. Police said she was exiting Interstate 64 at 2:52 a.m. when her motorcycle hit a guardrail. She was thrown into the opposite lane, where she was run over by an unknown vehicle. She died at the scene at 3 a.m. Police said they had no information on the vehicle that hit her.
•  In Washington County, Joshua A. Smith, 21, of Raven was killed when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck. Smith was headed south on state Route 75 near state Route 633 when he crossed the centerline into the path of the pickup, police said. He died at the scene at 1:58 p.m.
The fatalities bring to 501 the number of people who have been killed on the state’s highways this year. At the same time last year, 604 had died.
—Media General News Service