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1 Dead in Route 50 Crash
A Marshall man was killed Wednesday in an accident involving four vehicles on Route 50, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office reported. The crash forced the closure of the highway near Lenah for more than three hours.
About 2:15 p.m., a pickup truck heading east and driven by Richard Martin Babb crossed a double yellow line and struck two westbound pickups in succession, according to witnesses. One of those trucks was knocked off the highway and down an embankment.
The other veered into the eastbound lane and collided with a Jeep, which went up an embankment and rolled, coming to rest on its roof, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Babb, 69, was not wearing a seat belt and was dead at the scene. The drivers of the other vehicles were wearing seat belts; none was injured. The accident, which occurred between Lenah Farm Lane and Fleetwood Road, remains under investigation.
Planning Official Resigns
Christeen Tolle, the at-large member of Loudoun County's Planning Commission since 2003, has resigned for personal reasons.
Tolle was one of the commission's three representatives on a joint committee currently considering a growth management plan for Purcellville.
Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott York (I) said Tolle "has done an outstanding job. She will be missed, and I wish her well in her future endeavors."
York said he will nominate J. Kevin Ruedisueli, a Waterford architect and chairman of the county's Historic District Review Committee, to replace her. The board is expected to vote on the nomination at its Tuesday meeting.
Funds for Battlefield Park
The Piedmont Environmental Council has received a $200,000 grant to help pay for the preservation of Fauquier County's only major Civil War battlefield.
The grant from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund will go toward Rappahannock Station Battlefield Park. Earlier this year, the Fauquier Board of Supervisors agreed to purchase the property, with the understanding that the environmental council would contribute $500,000 by June to help defray the cost.
The group has raised about half that amount so far. Plans call for the land to become a 26-acre public park, providing access to the Rappahannock River.
The land was a battlefield on Nov. 7, 1863, when Union troops broke through against Gen. Robert E. Lee's army and pushed most of the forces south of the Rappahannock. Lee never again drove north of the river.
