A 38-year-old Leesburg man is dead after his e-bike collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of East Market Street and Prosperity Avenue shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Police have charged the truck's driver, identified as 32-year-old Clayton P. Templeton of Middleburg, in connection with the crash, and he is now being held without bond.
Officers Responded Just After Midnight
According to WJLA, officers responded around 12:06 a.m. to the intersection where the e-bike and pickup truck collided. The station reports that the e-bike rider, a Leesburg man, died from his injuries. As Daily Voice notes, investigators identified Templeton as the driver of the pickup truck involved in the fatal collision.
Police have not released the name of the man who was killed as they work to notify his family, and they have not disclosed what led to the collision or any additional circumstances surrounding the crash, per Daily Voice's reporting. The outlet's account, credited to reporter Zak Failla, says Templeton was charged with DUI manslaughter, driving under the influence, and refusal to submit to a breath test.
Driver Held Without Bond
Templeton was taken to the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center, where the station's report says he is being held without bond. The case is under investigation by the Leesburg Police Department's traffic management unit, according to Daily Voice. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Leesburg police at 703-771-4500.
Under Virginia law, a person who unintentionally causes another's death while driving under the influence in violation of specified provisions can be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, according to Virginia Code § 18.2-36.1. That statute establishes the legal standard for such charges but does not determine the outcome of this particular case.
Part Of A Broader Pattern In Leesburg
The overnight crash comes months after Leesburg Police Chief Burnett told the Town Council that the department had noticed a rise in crashes involving e-bikes and e-scooters in 2026, according to citizenportal.ai. Burnett said the department had been prioritizing education over enforcement, having launched a safety education campaign in June 2025, and the council has since asked staff to form a work group and supply better crash data.
Similar incidents have played out elsewhere in Virginia this year. In Virginia Beach, police compiled a list of 17 e-bike-related crashes from July and August 2025 alone, though officials acknowledged there could be more because the department lacks a formal method for tracking such collisions, per the Daily Press. That same report detailed a crash on Aug. 11, 2025, in which a woman riding an e-bike was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle at Nimmo Parkway and General Booth Boulevard, and another on Aug. 25, 2025, in which a boy was hospitalized with significant injuries after an e-bike-and-vehicle crash in a Princess Anne Road parking lot; no charges had been filed in that incident at the time of the report.
