Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash that occurred Monday at 10:07 pm on Old Kings Highway (Business Route 360) in Keysville in Charlotte County.
A logging truck was pulling out from a private drive to make a left turn and head north on Old Kings Highway. A 2013 Toyota Scion traveling south on Old Kings Highway was unable to stop in time and struck the truck’s trailer. The trailer was still in the southbound travel lane when it was struck. A 1997 Cadillac Deville, which was traveling behind the Toyota in the southbound lane of Old Kings Highway, then struck the rear of the Scion.
A backseat passenger in the Scion, an 11-year-old male, died in the crash. Two other passengers in the Scion, Devon Parrish, 30, and a nine-year-old male, suffered serious injuries, as well as the driver, Jamie D. Mosley, 31, of Stanley, Va. None of the people in the Scion were wearing seatbelts.
A passenger in the Deville, Stephan Robertson, 49, suffered serious injuries. The driver of the Deville, Tyrone D. Morton, 45, of Keysville, Va., suffered minor injuries. Both were wearing their seatbelts.
The driver of the truck, Terry T. Johnson, 43, of Farmville, Va., was not injured.
Charges are pending. The crash remains under investigation.