NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Police say two people are dead following an early Sunday morning crash in Newport News.
Police responded to the single-vehicle crash just before 5 a.m. in the 1200 block of 23rd Street.
When they got there, officers say the vehicle involved had struck a tree. The driver, identified by police Wednesday as 42-year-old Roman Stone, was pronounced dead on the scene.
His passenger, 27-year-old Tanay Moore, was extricated from the vehicle and taken to a local hospital, but later died from her injuries.
Initial investigations revealed that the vehicle was traveling westbound on 23rd Street at a high rate of speed when it struck the tree.
