SUV mechanical failure causes vehicle to flip, killing Rocky Mount man
Heather Butterworth
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – A Rocky Mount man has died after his SUV had a mechanical failure.
The crash happened around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday on Briarpatch Lane in Franklin County, about two miles west of Route 724.
State police say a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe had a mechanical failure that caused the vehicle to run off the right side of the roadway and flip.
The driver, 45-year-old Kenneth David Wade, was trying to get out of the SUV after the crash, and was trapped when the vehicle shifted. He died at the scene.
