Gavin Awessew Adkins Obituary, Death; – A New Kent County teenager was killed Sunday afternoon when he drove off Route 60 and hit a tree.
Virginia State Police identified the deceased driver as 18-year-old Gavin Awessew Adkins.
“At approximately 2 p.m., a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 was traveling westbound on Route 60 when it ran off the left side of the roadway, struck a tree, overturned, and came to rest on its driver’s side. The vehicle then caught fire,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said about the Sunday crash. “The New Kent Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the fire.”
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
