Saturday, January 24, 2026

2-vehicle crash in Hampton kills woman, injures child

A 20-year-old Chesterfield woman died following a crash in Hampton Saturday evening.

The Virginia State Police identified the woman as Keira Melesha Reese-Johnson.

Dispatchers received a call at around 7:36 p.m. Saturday about a black sedan traveling slowly in the second lane of Interstate 64 westbound, west of Mercury Boulevard.

Then another call came in about a two-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes, east of Magruder Boulevard.

State Police spokeswoman Sgt. Michelle Anaya said an investigation indicated Reese-Johnson was driving a black 2000 Mercedes Benz when the vehicle became disabled and stopped in the lane of travel.

“Upon stopping in the travel lane, the vehicle was struck from behind by a 2005 GMC Suburban,” Anaya wrote in a news release.

Johnson was taken to Riverside Regional Hospital where she later died from her injuries.

An 11-year-old child in the Suburban was also taken to the hospital. Information on the child’s condition was not immediately available.

“Alcohol nor speed were contributing factors in the incident,” Anaya said. “No charges will be placed.”

John Mangalonzo
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John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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