VIRGINIA — A 41-year-old man was killed in an ATV crash over the weekend in Westmoreland County, according to Virginia State Police.
Troopers said the crash happened Saturday night along Rose Tucker Road, about a half-mile west of Tucker Hill Road.
According to Virginia State Police, officers were called to the scene around 8:12 p.m. and found a single-vehicle crash involving a 2022 Can-Am Renegade 1000R X MR four-wheeler.
Investigators said the ATV was traveling east when it ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree.
The driver, identified as Melvin Jerome-Sterling Lawson, 41, of Spotsylvania County, was thrown from the ATV and pronounced dead at the scene.
State police said speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash, and Lawson was not wearing a helmet.
The crash remains under investigation.
