HARRISONBURG — Virginia State Police say a Broadway woman was drunk late Friday night when she crashed into a mo-ped on Va. 42 near Linville, killing the driver.
Laura Kaitlin Rellins, 20, of Broadway, is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor driving under the influence.
“She came up behind the mo-ped and struck it,” said Sgt. F.L. Tyler, a spokesman for the state police.
Police say Ricky Dean Parker, 39, of Cana, was driving a 2009 GMI mo-ped in the right northbound lane of Va. 42, near Klines Mill Road, shortly before 11 p.m. Rellins, driving a 2002 Honda sedan, also was traveling northbound when she approached the mo-ped from behind and crashed into it, according to police.
Parker, a Carroll County resident, died at the scene.
Rellins was taken to Rockingham County Jail, where she’s being held without bond. She’s scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday in Rockingham County General District Court.
Friday’s fatality was the third deadly crash on Va. 42 in that area of Rockingham County in the last month.
On Dec. 21, a 28-year-old Hinton man died when he pulled out onto Va. 42 from Green Hill Road near Edom in front of a southbound vehicle.
On Dec. 16, a 75-year-old Bergton woman died after her vehicle ran off the road a half-mile south of Klines Mill Road.
Contact Pete DeLea at 574-6278 or pdelea@dnronline.com


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Driving, Drunk, and Underage: Some lawyer will make a Years Salary trying to get her out of this one!
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