No one was injured and no charges were filed in a two-car accident involving the sheriff Monday afternoon in the town of Culpeper.
Culpeper County Sheriff Jim Branch, 55, and motorist Garland Gene Shortridge, 55, crashed around 4:35 p.m. at the intersection of Bus. 29 and Belle Avenue.
At the time, Branch was responding to assist town police on a call, according to town spokesman Wally Bunker.
The sheriff was driving his 2009 Ford unmarked vehicle with its emergency lights flashing when the accident occurred.
Shortridge, driving a 2001 Chevy Impala, was northbound in the left turn lane on Bus. 29 making a left onto Belle Avenue. The sheriff was also making a left onto Belle Avenue behind a town police vehicle that had cleared the intersection before the accident.
Branch was traveling around 20 miles per hour, according to Bunker, and Shortridge was travelling about 5 miles per hour.
Airbags did not deploy in either car and both drivers were wearing seatbelts.
Police estimated damage to the driver’s side and passenger’s side doors of Branch’s car at $1,500.
The Impala sustained about $1,800 in damage to the right front quarter panel and grill.
Through sheriff’s office spokeswoman Corey Byers, Branch said Friday afternoon that he had no comment on the matter at this time.
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