PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Virginia woman is dead after authorities say the car she was in traveled the wrong direction on the freeway and struck another vehicle.
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Virginia State Police say Cecilia R. Wells of Portsmouth was killed while a front passenger in a Chevrolet Equinox early Sunday. Police received a call about the car traveling west in eastbound Interstate 264 near the Portsmouth Downtown Tunnel.
The Chevrolet struck a Toyota Tacoma head-on. The Toyota driver and passenger were taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A police release says the Chevrolet driver - 26-year-old Evonne Shanae Brinkley of Portsmouth - was charged with driving under the influence and could face other charges. A police spokeswoman said Brinkley was still in the hospital Sunday.