ABINGDON MAN KILLED IN WRONG WAY CRASH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY

A man is dead after a wrong way crash in Washington County, Virginia. On Wednesday night, 60-year-old Omer Henry Kolling Jr. of Abingdon was traveling north in the 21000 block of Green Spring Road on Route 75 at around 7:45 p.m. on the wrong side of the road. The Virginia State Police says Kolling was driving a 2003 GMC Sierra and hit a 2019 Ford F-150 head-on, driven by 45-year-old Cecil B. Tipton of Haysi. Kolling died en-route to the hospital, and Tipton was transported to the Bristol Regional Medical Center with serious, but not believed to be life-threatening injuries. The VSP said that Kolling was not wearing his seat belt, but Tipton did have his on. The crash is under investigation. 

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