Motorcyclist dies in wreck on General Booth Boulevard

Posted to: News Traffic - Transportation Virginia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH

A 27-year-old man died this afternoon in a motorcycle wreck on General Booth Boulevard.

At about 3:30 p.m., Joshua Barrett was traveling north on a motorcycle near the 1200 block of General Booth Boulevard, at Berknor Drive, when he attempted to pass two vehicles at a high rate of speed, said Adam Bernstein, a Virginia Beach Police spokesman. At the same time, a Ford Escape pulled out of the KOA Campground and collided with the motorcycle.

Barrett was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Ford Escape driver does not face charges, Bernstein said.


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