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Driver dead, passenger hurt following crash in Norfolk

Police were called to the 8500 block of Chesapeake Boulevard after receiving a report that a car had hit a tree.

NORFOLK, Va. — A Richmond man died following a single-vehicle crash in Norfolk on Saturday night, the Norfolk Police Department said.

The accident happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the 8500 block of Chesapeake Boulevard. First responders received a call that a car had hit a tree.

The driver, 23-year-old Jeffery Pleasant, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, while a passenger also suffered minor injuries.

Police said Pleasant later died at the hospital.

The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.

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