July 29,
2018
The Richmond
Police Department has identified the person killed in a single vehicle wreck
yesterday morning as Rufus J. Whitfield, 59, of the 2200 block of Bywood Lane,
Richmond.
At
approximately 9:58 a.m., Saturday, July 28th, Whitfield was
operating a vehicle travelling westbound in 2900 block Broad Rock Boulevard
when it crossed the center line, collided with a tree and rolled over.
Whitfield
was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at 10:42
a.m. A passenger in his vehicle, an adult female, was also transported to the
hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The RPD
Crash Investigation Team responded to conduct an accident reconstruction.
