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DAYTON, Va. – Rockingham County authorities are investigating an incident early yesterday morning that left a Dayton man dead.
Shortly after five o’clock, deputies were dispatched to Whitmore Shop road near the intersection of Mount Clinton Pike.
When they arrived, they found 46-year-old Chad Anthony Mines of Dayton lying dead on Whitmore Shop Road.
A short time later, another call came in for a disorderly conduct complaint on Eden Valley Road nor far from the location of the first call.
An investigation showed that both calls were related and eventually 19-year-old Tanner Allen Hartman of Clover Hill was arrested at a home in the 800 block of Eden Valley Road.
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CLOVER HILL A 19-year-old suspect has been charged in the slaying of a Dayton man who was found dead early Wednesday morning in Rockingham County, a press release said.
Shortly after 5 a.m., the Rockingham County Sheriff s Office responded to Whitmore Shop Road, near the intersection of Mount Clinton Pike, for a medical emergency. Minutes later, another call came in for a disorderly conduct complaint on Eden Valley Road in close proximity to the location of the first call. Deputies immediately responded to both locations to investigate, authorities said.
At the scene of the first call, authorities found the body of 46-year-old Chad A. Mines of Dayton.
Police said the crash took place at the intersection of Eden Valley Road and Peake Mountain Road.
Dorian J. Adamson, 76, of Harrisonburg, died at the scene.
Adamson was headed east on Peake Mountain Road and driving a 2002 Toyota Camry when she pulled into the path of a 1994 Mack dump truck, police said. The Toyota was hit on the driver s side.
The driver of the dump truck was uninjured.
The crash remains under investigation.
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