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Stafford man charged in Route 1 crash involving sheriff’s deputy

A Stafford, Virginia, man has been charged with reckless driving and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle following a Thursday morning crash on Route 1 that involved a sheriff’s deputy. (Courtesy Stafford County Sheriff's Office)

WASHINGTON — A Stafford, Virginia, man has been charged with reckless driving and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle following a Thursday morning crash on Route 1 that involved a sheriff’s deputy. George Lee Murdock, 57, crashed into a marked Stafford Sheriff’s Office Ford Taurus, driven by Deputy R. T. Kulbeth, when he made a U-turn directly in front of him at around 10:45 a.m. Thursday. Stafford County police said Kulbeth was driving south on Route 1 near Stafford Hospital, responding to an emergency call with his blue lights and sirens activated. After the vehicles collided, Kulbeth’s cruiser overturned and crashed into a power pole, dropping power lines across Route 1. Officials said Murdock’s vehicle spun and turned on its side. The front axle and passenger side tire of his vehicle dislocated and crashed into the windshield of a third vehicle. The three drivers were transported to local hospitals where they were treated and released. Another passenger in the third vehicle was uninjured.

Amid controversy over memorials, group vows more Confederate battle flags along Va. highways

WASHINGTON — A Virginia group that puts up oversized Confederate battle flags on private property along highways across the state said it plans to install even more of them in response to an effort in Stafford County to get the flags that opponents call racist taken down. “The Va. Flaggers have no plans to remove any of our 26 Roadside Memorial Battle Flags across the Commonwealth, including the Fredericksburg Memorial Battle Flag on I-95 in Stafford County,” the Virginia Flaggers' spokesman Barry Isenhour said in a email statement provided to WTOP. “In fact, in light of the recent attempts by the Governor and a few local politicians to encourage the destruction of Confederate Memorials, we intend to fast track the installation of several new projects in the next few months.”
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