JAMES CITY COUNTY — A Maryland man died Sunday morning after hitting a tree on Interstate 64 in James City County.
Virginia State Police said it responded to the single-vehicle crash at approximately 6:48 a.m. July 27 on Interstate 64 at the 232 mile marker in the westbound lanes.
Police said a preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of a 1999 Ford Ranger truck, 32-year-old Walter David Castillo Amaya of Germantown, Maryland, was traveling westbound in the left lane when he drifted and struck the jersey wall. Amaya then overcorrected, running off the roadway and striking a tree. The vehicle struck the tree on the driver’s side, killing Amaya upon impact.
Amaya was wearing his safety belt at the time of the crash, according to VSP, and was the only occupant in the vehicle. Neither speed nor alcohol was a contributing factor in the crash.
