PETERSBURG, VA. (THECOUNT) — Derek Warren Minion of Hopewell, Virginia, has been identified as the victim in a fatal single-vehicle crash near Petersburg Wednesday evening.

Minion, 29, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Petersburg Wednesday evening.

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According to police, Minion was operating a vehicle in the 2400 block of County Drive, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle wrecked.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,420. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. It is located on the Appomattox River – Wikipedia.