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Lionel Toms knows the tragedies of losing a loved one from an accident along Va. 24. He also knows the work that goes into implementing meaningful change.

    Neither are easy.
    But there’s no doubt the changes he fought for, and saw come to fruition, have saved lives.

Both lanes of Va. 24 (Stewartsville Road) were closed this afternoon at the 13800 block due to a single car accident. This is east of Stewartsville Elementary School. Traffic was being re-routed around the accident, which occurred early this afternoon, around 1:20 p.m., near Creekbed Drive. The single-vehicle accident has apparently claimed the life of one person, according to reports. The car, which appeared to be traveling west on Va. 24, ended up on the side of the road on its top. No further information on the accident was immediately available.

    Four firefighters were injured in an accident Saturday morning as they were responding to a call just prior to the Bedford Christmas Parade.

    At 11:52 a.m. Bedford Fire Department’s Engine 1 was involved in a single vehicle motor vehicle accident while en route to a reported brush fire  in  the 4100 block of Peaks Road.
    The call occurred just before the noon start of the parade.

    Calvin Woodford was honored this year by the Bedford County Farm Bureau for his service to the community. Woodford has lived all his life in Moneta.

    Woodford’s father, Samuel “Pete” Woodford, was a farmer. He was a World War I veteran and Calvin Woodford said that his father only had one lung; he believes this was because his father was gassed in the war. He still has his father’s helmet and gas mask. His father also suffered from tuberculosis.