SMITHFIELD, Va. - A man died after being involved in a two-vehicle crash in Smithfield Sunday night.
At approximately 5:05 p.m. State Police were called to investigate a two-vehicle crash on Nike Park Road, east of Battery Park Road in the city of Smithfield.
Preliminary investigations revealed that a 2014 Acura TSX traveling westbound made an unsafe lane change, causing the driver to strike a motorcyclist head-on. The motorcycle landed on the side of the road and ejected its operator, 57-year-old Richard Wayne Hillis.
The driver of the Acura, 20-year-old Justin Fatherly, was charged with reckless driving at the scene.
The crash's cause is still under investigation.
