SUSSEX, Va. — A Waverly man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Sussex County, Virginia State Police said.
Troopers were called to Newville Road at Deer Path Lane around 5:19 a.m. Thursday. They arrived to find an overturned 2006 Ford Focus about 50 yards off the side of the road.
The driver, 27-year-old Franklin Delano Moneymaker III, was pronounced dead at the scene.
State Police said that based on a preliminary investigation, Moneymaker was driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his car and went off the roadway. Investigators said he was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the vehicle.
It's not known at this time if alcohol was a factor in the crash.
The accident remains under investigation.
