CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Three people are dead after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 464 in Chesapeake early Sunday morning, according to Virginia State Police.
State police said the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. near Exit 2 at Military Highway. Investigators said a 2024 Ford Econoline ambulance, owned by Midwest Medical of North Carolina, was traveling south when it was struck head-on by a 2022 Lexus sedan going the wrong way in the southbound lanes. The impact caused both vehicles to catch fire, according to police.
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According to state police, the driver of the ambulance, 22-year-old Skye A. Oraczewski of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with life-threatening injuries — she later died at the hospital. The passenger, a 53-year-old man from North Carolina, was also transported to the hospital but also died from his injuries, troopers said.
The driver of the Lexus, identified by state police as 39-year-old Shakena Shamae Taylor-Pannell of Virginia Beach, died at the scene.
Police said alcohol and speed are being investigated as possible contributing factors in the crash.
According to VSP, the families of those who died in the crash have been notified. This incident remains under investigation.
