October 12, 2011
ShareAfton Nelson County, VA Updated 1PM EDT for VSP Press release below: VIRGINIA STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE FATAL CRASH IN NELSON COUNTY NELSON CO., Va. – A Staunton man is dead following a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning, Oct. 12, 2011 in Nelson County. Trooper A.T. Covey was notified of the fatal crash that took place [...]
July 8, 2010
ShareGreenfield Nelson County, Virginia Three years ago this August 30th, Laura Cavedo and her two daughters, Elschen and Iliana, were killed at the intersection of Route 151 and Greenfield Road (635) while waiting to make a left hand turn. The three were going back and forth to Crozet, moving things into their new home from [...]
June 10, 2010
ShareBrent’s Gap Nelson County, Virginia It a slow go over Brent’s Gap if you are heading south out of Nellysford along 151 toward Roseland. For several days now road crews have been removing old asphalt from the highway to eventually resurface it. While work is underway, crews have been stopping all traffic going over the [...]
April 25, 2010
ShareNear Greenfield/Afton Nelson County, Virginia Rescue crews worked another auto accident on Route 151 Sunday afternoon just days after a serious wreck a short distance south of that location last week. Few details are known as of this post, but some witnesses emailed reporting people being transported by ambulance. Traffic was clogged on Route 151 [...]
March 23, 2010
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia Way back in April 2007 we did a story named Shoefiti (Issue#25) about the famous tennis shoes hanging on a power line over Route 151 just south of Nellysford. We did a web update here in late April 2007 about other hanging shoes. Last Friday those widely talked about 151 shoes [...]
February 10, 2010
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia For the 2nd time is under two months a semi truck used to haul turkeys has jackknifed on Route 151 near Bland Wade Road. Wednesday’s accident now has the northbound lane shutdown with a little of the southbound lane passable in the vicinity of Afton Family Medicine. In December’s blizzard a [...]
May 29, 2009
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia A two car accident late Thursday night briefly shutdown Route 151 in Afton. The accident occurred in the vicinity of Tanbark Drive and Route 151. The scene was cleared in less than an hour. More information as we have it. Tweet This Post
April 2, 2009
ShareView Larger Map Afton Nelson County, Virginia Updated 4.3.09 10:00 AM EDT NCL spoke with Bo Holland, RVCC’s center manager this morning. Carlos Ramos of Afton also works part time at the center. According to Virginia State Poiice he feel asleep at the wheel and crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic striking a car [...]
February 17, 2009
ShareNear the Nelson/Albemarle Line Afton, Virginia Traffic was tied up briefly on Tuesday afternoon as fire and rescue crews responded to an auto accident on Route 151 near Church of the Blue Ridge & Afton Christian Church School just inside Nelson County, Virginia. No major injuries were thought to have occurred in the accident and [...]
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 [...]