An 86-year-old woman remained in critical but stable condition after her car collided with another vehicle at a Newport News intersection Sunday, a crash so violent that firefighters had to cut through the roof of her Toyota Camry to pull her out. The wreck shut down part of U.S. Route 17 for more than four hours and left the Camry balanced on its side in a McDonald's parking lot near the restaurant's exit lanes.
Newport News police and fire crews responded at 11:33 a.m. to the crash at J. Clyde Morris Boulevard and Woods Road, according to The Virginian-Pilot. A preliminary investigation found that the woman's 2015 Toyota Camry, traveling on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, collided with a 2006 BMW 330xi driven by another adult female at the Woods Road intersection, a police spokesman told the paper. The Camry ended up balancing on its side in the McDonald's exit lane, and firefighters had to cut through its roof to extricate the woman before she was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Right of Way Still Unclear, Police Say
Police said the cause and circumstances remained under investigation. The BMW driver stayed at the scene and did not sustain serious injuries. The wrecked Camry was no longer sitting in the exit lane by mid-afternoon.
Route 17 Closed for Hours
The crash shut down part of U.S. Route 17 in Newport News for more than four hours Sunday, with J. Clyde Morris Boulevard westbound closed near Jefferson Avenue before crews cleared the scene at about 4 p.m., the report notes.
A Second Crash on the Same Road
The Sunday wreck wasn't the only serious collision to hit J. Clyde Morris Boulevard recently. In a separate crash, officers responding to a multi-vehicle collision on the same road found four vehicles involved, including an SUV flipped onto its roof, according to wavy.com. The SUV's driver was cited for reckless driving and driving without a license, and that driver and an adult female passenger suffered only minor injuries, the station reported.
