ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. — A Smithfield man died Saturday morning after a crash involving an SUV and a tractor-trailer, according to Virginia State Police.
The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of Benns Church Boulevard and South Church Street.
Investigators said the driver of a 2022 Honda Pilot, identified as 63-year-old James Norman Porter III of Smithfield, was traveling east on Benns Church Boulevard when he turned left into the path of a westbound 2024 Freightliner tractor-trailer.
Porter was taken to Riverside Regional Hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.
State police said neither speed nor alcohol was a contributing factor.
Next of kin has been notified. The crash remains under investigation.
