Mother, toddler die in Virginia Beach (VA) crash
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Tanya Woodruff Mise and her 3-year-old daughter Lauren Makenzie Mise both died Tuesday night after another driver allegedly ran a red light in a tragic crash Tuesday evening on Dam Neck Road in Virginia Beach.
Criminal charges against the other driver – who has not been identified – are pending, Virginia Beach police said.
Witnesses told WAVY-TV that the Mise family 2003 GMC Yukon sport-utility vehicle was struck by a car that ran a red light at the intersection of Corporate Landing Parkway and Dam Neck Road in Virginia Beach. The accident happened about a mile south of Oceana Naval Air Station.
The Mise family is from Emporia, according to The Virginian-Pilot. The Yukon was being driven by Mise’s husband, 38.
Neither Mr. Mise nor a 2-year-old son were hurt, WVEC-TV reported.
“Physically, they’re both OK,” a Virginia Beach police spokesman told WVEC, adding the he “talked to both of them on the scene, obviously an emotional train wreck understanding the circumstances but physically they’re both going to be OK.”
The crash happened at about 8:30 p.m., The Pilot said. The Mises were headed east on Dam Neck when the driver of a Scion on Corporate Landing ran a red light, The Pilot reported.
Lauren Mise died at the scene, where she was waiting for an air ambulance, according to The Pilot. Her mother died after she was taken by ground ambulance to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
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