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DUI & Manslaughter Charges Filed in I-295 Fatal Crash

A New Kent County teenage man who authorities say triggered a fatal crash last week by driving the wrong way on Interstate 295, killing a man and injuring his daughter, was charged yesterday with involuntary manslaughter and drunken driving, state police said.

Nicholas R. Sickal, 19, of Barhamsville was arrested yesterday morning and also charged with maiming, said Sgt. Thomas Molnar, a state police spokesman. He was released on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond pending a hearing Jan. 14 in Hanover County General District Court.

Sickal is accused of driving south in the northbound lanes of I-295 when he collided head-on with a 1992 Cadillac DeVille being driven by William E. Goode Jr., 51, of Norfolk. The wreck occurred about 11:40 p.m. Dec. 30 about a quarter-mile south of the Pole Green Road interchange.

A witness told state police that Sickal had been traveling north on I-295 when he pulled over to the left shoulder, stopped his 1999 Dodge Ram pickup truck and then made a U-turn to head south in the northbound lanes, Molnar said. Police provided no explanation for his actions but noted that he was charged with driving under the influence.

Goode died at the scene; his 8-year-old daughter, Alysha, was seriously injured but survived. She has since been released from the hospital.

Goode was taking Alysha to Charlottesville to visit her adult sister, Misty Goode, when the wreck occurred, according to Goode’s sister-in-law, Carmen Ramage of Virginia Beach.

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Mr. Stelly regularly appears in the courts of the City of Richmond, Henrico County, Chesterfield County, Goochland County, and Hanover County.

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