PAINTER, Va. — On Monday around 2:42 p.m., the Virginia State Police investigated a single car crash that ended with someone dead.
The accident occurred in the northbound lanes on Route 13 in Painter in Accomack County.
Peggy Kellam, 53, was driving a 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis heading northbound on Route 13 when she ran off the roadway, crossed the grassy median into the southbound lanes, continued off the roadway and hit a house. Nobody was home at the time of the crash.
The 53-year-old was not wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident. Alcohol was not a contributing factor of the accident.
