In addition, state troopers patrol the rest area, "several times an hour, if possible," Caldwell said. State police wouldn't say whether the worker on duty heard or saw anything that could be related to the crime. "Any type of violence in a rest area in Virginia is very, very unusual," said Lucy Caldwell, spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police.Ĭaldwell said the Dale City rest area is staffed round-the-clock by workers on contract with the Virginia Department of Transportation. State police in Virginia said they couldn't recall any previous slayings at interstate rest areas there, and Maryland State Police said there haven't been any in that state in at least five years. Police said they aren't sure whether he was attacked by one person or more, or what state the possible getaway car was registered in. They wouldn't say whether money or other property was taken from him. Investigators said the Pennsylvania man may have been targeted for robbery because he was driving an expensive car. Similar concerns were voiced in 1993, when a British tourist was murdered at a highway rest area in north Florida and basketball star Michael Jordan's father was slain as he slept in his car just off I-95 in North Carolina. "You never know when something like this will happen." "It puts a real sense of soberness into you," said Chuchik, who already restricts his family's car travel to daylight hours. He was headed toward Dulles International Airport and pulled into the Dale City rest area shortly after police reopened it at 10 a.m. It's something that is going to ratchet up everyone's uneasiness." "Incidents like this undercut that feeling of security we have. "People trust that because rest stops along I-95 are generally well-lit and near a road that is always busy, that they're relatively safe," said Lon Anderson, spokesman for AAA Potomac. It also prompted warnings that travelers shouldn't let their guard down at freeway rest areas. The slaying, which state police believe to be the first at an interstate rest area in Virginia, shook motorists as the holiday travel season got underway. Some remembered seeing a boxy silver or gray car, possibly a Toyota Camry or Chevrolet Cavalier, speed out of the rest area onto northbound I-95. Later, motorists told investigators they heard several pops that could have been gunfire but didn't realize that at the time. When he didn't come out after several minutes, another sister and the man's niece walked into the one-story brick building to find he'd been shot several times. The 51-year-old man, whose name was not released, helped his disabled sister get from his white Cadillac to the women's restroom, authorities said, and then went into the men's room. The four relatives were headed home to York, Pa., after visiting family in South Carolina and pulled into the rest area near Dale City about 3 a.m. Interstate 77 is a 613-mile road that connects Cleveland, Ohio, and Columbia, South Carolina.By Steve Vogel Leef Smith December 19, 1996Ī Pennsylvania man was shot dead yesterday morning when he and family members stopped to use the bathroom at a rest area on Interstate 95 in Prince William County, in what police say was an apparent attempt to rob him. Some of the major towns along the I-77 route (from North to South) are as follows: I-77 was approved for two extensions: the first in 1964, which extended south from I-85 to US Route 74 (US 74), and the second in 1969, which extended to the South Carolina state line towards Columbia. Map of I-77 When was I-77 started and completed? The northern point is in Cleveland, Ohio, at the interchange with Interstate 90. Interstate 77’s southern point is in Columbia, where it intersects with Interstate 26. I-77 connects five states: South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. It runs north from Columbia, South Carolina to Cleveland, Ohio. Interstate 77 connects nearby states and is essential to the economy of North Carolina and it is a great way to get around the southeastern United States. The interstate connects the eastern Great Lakes region with Appalachia and the Southeast. Interstate 77 begins at Cayce on the southeastern side of Columbia and follows the Southeastern Beltway to Fort Jackson and I-20 near Forest Acres.
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