Thursday, March 28, 2024

Crash in Hampton kills York County man

The intersection at Magruder Boulevard and Semple Farm Road was closed for several hours following the crash but has since reopened.(WYDaily/Courtesy of Hampton Police Division)(WYDaily/Courtesy of Hampton Police Division)
The intersection at Magruder Boulevard and Semple Farm Road in Hampton was closed for several hours following the crash but has since reopened. (WYDaily/Courtesy of Hampton Police Division)

An 18-year-old York County man died of injuries he suffered following a two-vehicle crash in Hampton Tuesday.

Hampton Police identified the man as Davey Budden Jr.

Police said the crash happened at around 9:20 a.m. near the intersection of Magruder Boulevard and Semple Farm Road.

There, responding officers found 2 four-door sedans that collided in the intersection. The drivers from each of the vehicles were taken to local hospitals for treatment.

Budden succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, police said.

The other driver, a 64-year-old man, remains hospitalized.

Police said the crash remains under investigation by the Hampton Police Division’s Accident Reconstruction Team.

The two drivers were the only occupants of the vehicles. No other information was immediately released.

The intersection at Magruder Boulevard and Semple Farm Road was closed for several hours following the crash but has since reopened.

Authorities are asking anyone who may have information or have seen the crash to call the Hampton Police Division at 757–727–6111.

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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