YORK COUNTY, Va. — The Virginia State Police (VSP) said a person was killed after their vehicle crashed and caught fire near Yorktown on Thursday, Jan. 27.
The incident happened on Ballard Street, between Cook Road and Historical Tour Road. VSP was called to the scene shortly before 6:15 p.m.
Investigators believe that the driver of a Nissan Sentra was traveling south on Ballard Street when it ran off the road, struck a tree and became fully engulfed.
The only person inside the vehicle was the driver. Initially, police weren't able to identify the body because of how bad the fire was, but by Feb. 7, had determined the driver was 21-year-old Trinity Yvonne-Eileen Richardson.
Richardson lived in Newport News, and a spokeswoman for VSP said they'd notified her family of the crash.
