Driver plows car into Virginia couple, killing wife as she joined husband on his nightly walk for the first time

A driver has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman who was walking with her husband.

Derek Bizzell said it was the first time his wife Shaunda, 42, had joined him on his evening exercise when they were hit by a car.

The couple was walking the second lap of their standard neighborhood loop in Chesterfield, Virginia, when they saw the vehicle swerve from the middle of the street toward them.

‘We turned around the sidewalk. “We could see a car coming down the middle of the street, like cars always do, and then it came toward us,” Derek Bizzell said. KCRG.

“I could see him spinning. I screamed his name and all I heard was the thud.

Bizzell said he was hit under the car, but his wife was thrown on top of the car.

She called 911 in a panic, but was unable to speak due to the impact of the traumatic incident.

“I couldn’t talk, but some people from the neighborhood came and took my phone and were able to talk to 911,” he said.

Shaunda was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died, leaving behind her grieving husband and two adult children.

“My wife was a beautiful soul, she always had a nice smile on her face, a genuine laugh, she loved God and her family,” Bizzell said.

“I’m a little beat up, but if I could trade places with my wife, I would,” he said.

The driver of the vehicle was Daniel N. Anderson, 22, and investigators believe he “intentionally” crashed his vehicle into the innocent couple.

According to police, Anderson had been calling 911 and making threats, including “threats to shoot up a school, bomb a building, and assault police officers.”

Anderson was taken into custody at the scene and now faces several charges, including second-degree murder, malicious wounding, threats to kill or cause bodily harm, and threats to bomb or damage buildings.

He is being held in Chesterfield Jail without bail and is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on May 21, according to court records.