CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – The Chesterfield County Police Department has released the identity of the passenger killed in a single-vehicle crash in the 17300 block of Branders Bridge Road on Thursday, Oct. 16.

At about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, a 2001 Acura GL was traveling south on Branders Bridge Road when it ran off the right side of the road, struck a fence and struck a tree. A passenger in the vehicle, Randall S. Faucette, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The investigation indicates Faucette, of the 3200 block of Decatur Street in Richmond, was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The driver of the vehicle, Ronald E. White Jr., 24, and another passenger, a 27-year-old male, were transported to VCU Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

White, of the 600 block of Walnut Avenue in Colonial Heights, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs, driving while revoked and possession of marijuana in relation to the crash.

Police continue their investigation into this crash.

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