On Saturday, June 28, early morning crashes on the roads of Virginia left two people dead from the personal injuries they sustained, according to Virginia State Police.

Police say Charlottesville resident Matthew Thomas died after his motorcycle struck a building at Plank and Johnsons roads in Albemarle County. They say he died at the scene not long after 1:30 a.m. Authorities say he was wearing his helmet.

A single-car crash in Montgomery County left a teenager from Blacksburg dead.

Shortly before 5 a.m., 16-year-old Ayesha Wintersdorff was traveling west on Route 46 at West Main Street. Her car struck a culvert causing it to roll and slide onto an entry ramp. The car then went over a guardrail before sliding down an embankment, according to police. Authorities say she was wearing her seat belt.

Another pair of fatal crashes was also reported by state police on Friday, June 27.

According to police, a woman from Virginia Beach died in a single-vehicle crash in Virginia Beach.

Police say that 21-year-old Sarah Wirth was traveling west on Elbow Road and its intersection with Walpole Road when her sport utility vehicle veered off of the road around 2:30 a.m., causing it to overturn. She died at the scene soon after. Police say she was not wearing her seat belt.

A single-vehicle crash in James City County took the life of a Baltimore man.

Police say that 51-year-old Lawrence Gray, Jr. was pulling a trailer when his pickup truck struck a hillside on I-64 just west of Route 199. According to police, at around 8:16 a.m., he was ejected from the truck when it and the trailer overturned and he died at the scene about 20 minutes later. Authorities say he was not wearing his seat belt.

A single-vehicle crash in Chesterfield County on Thursday, June 26 that took the life of a 59-year-old Fredericksburg man was also reported by state police.

Police say Larry Dawley was traveling east on Hull Street Road about a mile west of Sappony Road when his minivan struck a tree at approximately 4:16 p.m. and he died about 20 minutes later. Police say he wore his seat belt.

These five fatalities over the same weekend bring the death toll on Virginia roads in 2008 to 392, compared with 476 at the same time in 2007.