An early-morning crash in James City County claimed the lives of two people Saturday.
Police believe alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, which killed a 30-year-old West Point man and a 17-year-old Shacklefords girl, and left another 21-year-old seriously injured, according to a James City County news release.
Police responded to a crash in the 10000 block of Old Stage Road around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, the release said.
Police arrived to find a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis had driven off the road and struck a tree.
A 30-year-old West Point resident and the car’s driver, Amos Phillips, was pronounced dead at the scene, the release said.
The backseat passenger, 17-year-old Candyce Hayden, was taken to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, where she later died from her injuries. Hayden was a Shacklefords resident.
Police said both Phillips and Hayden were not wearing their seatbelts.
A third passenger, a 21-year-old man from Shacklefords, was flown to VCU Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, the release said.
The 21-year-old was sitting in the front passenger seat and wearing a seatbelt, police said.
The accident remains under investigation.
