Gloucester man dies in wrong-way accident

By Vicki Friedman
The Virginian-Pilot
© March 17, 2010

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A Gloucester man died Wednesday of injuries after a collision with a motorist driving the wrong way on Va. 199 on the overpass of Interstate 64.

Robert Wade Brooks, 43, died at Williamsburg Hospital, according to Sgt. Michelle Cotten, a Virginia Police spokeswoman.

George Richard Lawson, 80, was driving his two-door Mercedes Benz westbound in the eastbound lane when he struck Brooks' Ford Escort head-on. Lawson has been charged with reckless driving. He was treated for minor injuries at Riverside Hospital.

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