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Residents press supervisors for action after school‑bus near‑miss on Lakeside Drive; board asks VDOT and staff to study fixes
Summary
Multiple residents described near‑misses and collisions on Lakeside Drive involving a Southampton County school bus and urged vegetation clearing, striping and signage. The board directed supervisors and staff to work with VDOT and return with options next month.
Several Lakeside Drive residents addressed the Southampton County Board of Supervisors at the Sept. 23 meeting, urging the county and VDOT to address a 90‑degree curve they say is hazardous and poorly visible.
Ash Cutchen, who identified himself as a Lakeside Drive resident, told the board he was forced onto the grassy shoulder on Sept. 15 to avoid a head‑on collision when an oncoming school bus — which he identified as Southampton County school bus No. 165 — drifted over the center line. Cutchen said he later followed the bus but could…
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