NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. — The grandson of late Chickahominy Indian Tribe Eastern Division Chief Gene Adkins 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. Adkins's father is Chickahominy Indian Tribe Eastern Division Assistant Chief Matt Adkins.
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