© August 17, 2007 | Last updated 2:07 PM Aug. 18
A Virginia Beach man was killed early Wednesday on Tulls Creek Road in Currituck County after the Jeep he was driving hit a culvert.
David Keith Sumrell, 21, was driving south on Tulls Creek Road about 3 a.m. when he ran off the right side of the road and hit a driveway ditch just south of Lou Sawyer Road, said Trooper J.R. Chappell of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Sumrell was ejected from the Jeep and landed on the road, he said.
No passengers were in the Jeep, and no other vehicles were involved. There was no sign of excessive speed, Chappell said. Toxicology tests are pending.
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The death toll on Currituck roads has reached 11 this year, three short of the record number killed in 2002. Five people were killed on N.C. 168 between June 13 and 16.
In 2002, 14 people were killed in traffic accidents in Currituck County, the most since records were first kept in 1978. Twelve people were killed in 2001, the second-worst year since 1978, when 12 were also killed.
Tulls Creek Road winds about 12 miles through Currituck County parallel to N.C. 168 and is often used as an alternative route. The road was widened two years ago from 18 feet to 22 feet to increase safety.
According to online maps from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, traffic on Tulls Creek Road increased considerably between 2000 and 2005. The count rises during summer weekends.
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