A 44-year-old Suffolk man died after he was hit while checking on his disabled car on the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, state police said.
John Edward Williams stopped on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of Interstate 664 on the bridge in Newport News just before 11 p.m. Saturday for “mechanical issues.” A spokesperson for Virginia State Police said Williams got out of his 2004 Chevrolet Malibu and checked the engine. At the same time, David Clayton Rosas, 34, was driving northbound when he ran off the roadway and struck the back of Williams’ Malibu. Williams suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to Riverside Regional Hospital. He died there about two days later.
State police said speed and alcohol were not factors in the crash. Rosas, of Virginia Beach, has been charged with reckless driving.
Eliza Noe, eliza.noe@virginiamedia.com
