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Case # :162

Gender : Male

Age : 28

Race : Black

Date : 02/08/2022

Location : I-81/I-168 entrance

City :

County : Botetourt

State : Virginia

Agency : Botetourt County SO

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event :

Disposition : Pending Investigation

Open Records Summary :

Gevante Dale Bolton, 28, was driving a Chevrolet Impala was headed south on I-81 and sped through a Botetourt County Sheriff deputy’s radar at 99 miles per hour. The deputy began chasing the him. He did not stop and continued south. Police allege that they stopped the chase just as they received a call that he had crashed. He had hit a tractor-trailer that was illegally parked on the entrance ramp, then caught fire.
Gevante Boltonand Dale Brown died.

Source Links :

https://www.wdbj7.com/2022/02/08/one-dead-after-police-chase-crash-botetourt-county/

https://wfirnews.com/news/one-dead-and-several-injured-after-botetourt-county-wreck

https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/roanoke-valley-news/i-81-south-entrance-ramp-closed-due-to-botetourt-county-tractor-trailer-crash/