A 50-year-old Suffolk man has died after a vehicle struck him on Holland Road early Sunday morning, according to police. Jeffrey Brown was rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died there.
Suffolk police said officers responded to a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in the 1400 block of Holland Road, according to The Virginian-Pilot. The driver remained at the scene following the crash, and the investigation into what happened remains ongoing.
Driver Stayed At The Scene As Investigation Continues
Police have not released additional details about what led up to the crash or how fast traffic was moving on that stretch of Holland Road at the time. The newspaper's report does not specify the precise time Brown was struck, only that it happened early Sunday morning.
It is not yet known whether the driver will face any charges, and authorities have not identified the driver publicly. The crash remains under investigation, and no further updates had been released as of Sunday.
Not The First Deadly Crash On The Corridor
This is not the first fatal pedestrian crash reported on Holland Road or in Suffolk in recent memory. Almost exactly a year earlier, on Nov. 6, 2025, a 66-year-old Suffolk resident, Steaven Ray Hamlin, died after police found him in the road and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the same outlet reported in a separate story.
Holland Road stretches well beyond Suffolk's city limits and has been the site of other serious crashes over the years. In Virginia Beach, a 45-year-old woman named Dena Harris died after being struck by a vehicle on a Wednesday evening in the 4200 block of Holland Road, according to WAVY. In that case, as in Sunday's Suffolk crash, the driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators, the station reported.
Further back, in 2014, Suffolk police dispatch reported two separate crashes on Holland Road within the same morning, according to WTKR. One involved a tractor-trailer colliding with a vehicle in the 2000 block, while the other involved two vehicles in the 1500 block; only minor injuries were reported in those incidents, per the station's report.
Statewide Data Still Catching Up
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles maintains pedestrian crash data broken down by injuries and fatalities across age groups and jurisdictions, though the agency has cautioned that its figures can lag behind actual events. In an earlier safety notice, the DMV said a chart it published in April 2024 reflected only preliminary numbers because crash reports can take time to reach the agency. The state also maintains a crash-location mapping tool through the Virginia Traffic Records Electronic Data System that allows users to filter incidents in Suffolk and other localities by category, including pedestrian-involved crashes.
No further details about Brown's background were available. Anyone with information about Sunday's crash is encouraged to contact Suffolk police as the investigation continues.
