9-year-old boy and 40-year-old man killed in accident with tree in Charles City County.

CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Virginia — A 9-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man were killed in a traffic crash Saturday on John Tyler Memorial Highway in Charles City County, Virginia State Police said Thursday.

Shawnell Eley, 40, of Yorktown, and an unnamed boy from Williamsburg were killed in the accident, which occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m.

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Eley was driving a 2005 Acura TSX eastbound when the car left the road and struck a tree. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

Two other juvenile passengers were seriously injured and taken to VCU Medical Center in Richmond for treatment.

The cause of the crash is currently being investigated.