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Wintergreen Fire & Rescue crews prepare to recover the body of a climber who has fallen to his death at the Ravens Roost Overlook. (©2011 NelsonCountyLife.com)

Alabama Man Dies From Fall At Ravens Roost Updated With Newsplex Video & Story

[ 0 ] June 15, 2011

ShareWintergreen Fire and Rescue crews are preparing to repel 150 ft. down the Ravens Roost Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway after a 20-year-old climber from Alabama fell to his death. The cause of the fall is believed to have been equipment failure. To view Charlottesville’s Newsplex story on the Raven’s Roost accident click here. [...]

Duncan Hollow Loop and Rt. 6 (River Road) is the scene of a Tuesday afternoon fatal car wreck in Faber. Image via Google Maps.

UPDATE 8PM EDT — Fatal car wreck at Duncan Hollow Loop and River Rd.

[ 0 ] June 7, 2011

ShareFaber Nelson County, VA Update 8:00 PM EDT NCL has learned the young woman who lost her life in the auto accident is a freshman teen student at Nelson County High School. Out of respect for the family additional details from NCL will be released at a later time. NBC29 in Charlottesville has a brief [...]

Man Falls To Death At Crabtree Falls : Updated 7:50 AM on 11.23.10

Man Falls To Death At Crabtree Falls : Updated 7:50 AM on 11.23.10

[ 0 ] November 22, 2010

ShareCrabtree Falls Near Montebello Nelson County, Virginia Updated 7:50 AM EST Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks tells NCL the person that died from the fall at Crabtree Falls on Monday was Elias Lehman from Dayton, Virginia. Previous Update @ 8:00 PM 11.22.10 Sheriff Brooks says the 21 year old male that died was from Dayton, [...]

Image ©2010 : Courtesy of www.nbc29.com : The accident scene Thursday night in Shipman where Mary Beth Sprouse lost her life.

Thursday Accident Near Shipman Claims Life : Separate Accident Claims Another : 5.7.10

[ 17 ] May 7, 2010

ShareShipman Nelson County, Virginia A mother was killed late Thursday night and her 9-10 month old infant remains in the hospital after a tragic crash just west of Shipman. Another passenger remains in critical condition. Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks, tells NCL that Mary Beth Sprouse, in her early 20′s, of Shipman was killed when [...]

Photos By Paul Purpura : ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : A 5-8 inch blanket of snow covered everything at Wintergreen Resort by Saturday afternoon. Click to enlarge.

Snow Beautiful For Most – Dangerous & Deadly For Others : 12.5.09

[ 0 ] December 5, 2009

Share Nelson County, Virginia For most folks the Saturday snow was absolutely beautiful and breathtaking. Up in the higher elevations between 5-8 inches of a heavy wet snow fell by late Saturday. The higher the elevation, the higher the snow amounts. Down below in the the Rockfish Valley some locations saw nothing more than a [...]

Photos By Ray Uttaro : ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Crews worked to clear VA Route 56 Thursday morning after a tree fell across the road setting off a sequence of events that caused a fatlal accident. Click any photo to enlarge.

Man Loses Life On Nelson Route 56 In Storm Related Sequence Of Events : 11.12.09

[ 0 ] November 12, 2009

SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia An Amherst County man lost his life early Thursday morning in a sequence of events that initially started out because of the recent heavy rains and wind in the Nelson area. According Virginia State Trooper, AT Covey, Al Fleming, was driving his Ford pickup east on Route 56 in Piney [...]

©2009 NCL Magazine : Markers caution drivers of survey crews ahead on VA 151 late Thursday afternoon in Greenfield.

Greenfield : Survey Work Apparently Begins On 635 & 151 Intersection

[ 0 ] January 30, 2009

ShareGreenfield/Afton Nelson County, Virginia VDOT crews were seen Thursday surveying around the intersection of Routes 151 and 635 (Greenfield Road). The survey work is most likely preceding modifications to the intersection to put in a left turn lane in hopes of making the intersection safer. Two years ago this coming August, the intersection was the [...]