ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. — A Parksley man died Thursday evening in Accomack County after the car he was driving sideswiped a tractor trailer and crashed into a roadside tree.
Virginia State Police say Ricky Ricardo Jones, 63, was driving south on Route 13 around 7 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a 2014 Freightliner traveling beside him.
The Crown Victoria Jones was driving ran off the road and struck a tree head on. Police say he wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle.
Jones died at the scene of the crash, just south of the Nelsonia Road intersection.
The driver of the tractor trailer was unharmed.