Louisa firefighter dies when truck hits tree

A Louisa County firefighter was killed Thursday when his truck struck a tree in a single-vehicle crash.

Shortly after 6:30 a.m., Virginia State Police responded to a crash  reported on U.S. 33, Jefferson Highway,   half a mile east of Cedar Hill Road in Louisa County.

According to a State Police spokesman Sgt. Thomas Molnar, the crash occurred when the driver of a 1992 Ford F–150 pickup truck traveling westbound  ran off the right side of the road  and struck a tree, causing the vehicle to overturn.

The driver, 21-year-old Charles D. Wilson of Bumpass, suffered serious life-threatening injuries and was flown by helicopter to U.Va. Medical Center in Charlottesville, where he later died.

He was wearing his seat belt, Molnar said.

Wilson was a career firefighter and EMT with the Louisa County Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services.

The Louisa County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the ongoing State Police investigation, Molnar said.

—Portsia Smith

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