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Burlie W. Duvall III

Gender : Male

Age : 33

Race : Black

Date : 08/06/2026

Location : Westbound Route 460, approximately 0.4 mile west of Cabin Field Road

City : Concord

County : Campbell

State : Virginia

Agency : Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Deputy killed by vehicle while assisting at crash scene

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/06/2026, Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Burlie W. Duvall III, 33, was killed while assisting motorists at a crash scene on westbound Route 460 in Campbell County. Duvall and another Appomattox County deputy were traveling home from the Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy when they encountered an initial crash and stopped to assist.
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At approximately 5:34 p.m., the deputies positioned their vehicles in the two left westbound lanes with emergency equipment activated. According to Virginia State Police, a tractor-trailer approaching the crash scene swerved in an attempt to avoid the vehicles and struck Duvall. The incident developed into an eight-vehicle chain-reaction crash. Duvall died at the scene.
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Seven other people were transported to hospitals following the crash. Duvall’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Roanoke and was escorted back to Appomattox County by Virginia law-enforcement officers the following day. Virginia State Police investigated the fatal crash.
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Duvall had previously worked as a public safety officer for Centra before joining the Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wtvm.com/2026/08/08/sheriffs-deputy-killed-while-assisting-crash-he-gave-that-life-while-serving-others/
https://www.wdbj7.com/2026/08/07/appomattox-county-sheriffs-deputy-killed-line-duty/