1 dead in Chesapeake crash

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A man died in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday on Backwoods Road in Chesapeake near the North Carolina border, police said.

At approximately 7:20 p.m., Chesapeake Police responded to the 4600 block of Backwoods Road in reference to a single-vehicle accident on the two-lane road. The driver was the only person in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The Chesapeake Police Department’s Accident Reconstruction Team was on scene and investigating the accident.