Virginia’s generally pretty tough with law enforcement. This fool kid is going to spend a long, quality time in jail, but won’t get the death penalty. His victims, on the other hand, did.
I’ve been on that road several times. It’s an awful road, and easy to take a wrong turn or exit, but I can’t imagine how he got on it going the wrong way.
He was going northbound in the southbound lanes, which means he either crossed to the wrong side at the southern end of the Powhite at Old Hundred Road, or got on the ramps the wrong way at 288 or Courthouse. I don’t remember offhand because I rarely went down to the south end of the Powhite when I lived in Richmond, but aren’t there toll booths on the ramps leading off the highway on the southbound lanes, the ones the guy would’ve had to use to go the wrong way at 288 or Courthouse? Is there an actual toll plaza on the Powhite itself south of where it splits off the Chippenham?
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