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Three separate crashes in about a four-hour period resulted in three deaths in the Richmond area on Thursday morning.

At approximately 6:30 a.m. in Chesterfield County, a 52-year-old motorcyclist was killed when he struck a 1996 Infiniti sedan on Salem Church Road, about a mile and a half from his home.

Gregory D. Adkins of the 8600 block of Pleasant Ridge Road was pronounced dead at the scene, Chesterfield police said in a release.

Police said a preliminary investigation indicated the car pulled out in front of Adkins at the intersection of Black Oak and Salem Church roads.

The driver of the car, who was not identified, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and the crash remains under investigation.

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At about 7:11 a.m. in King William County, Virginia State Police responded to a collision between two tractor-trailers that left one man dead.

A tractor-trailer traveling east on King William Road slowed for a school bus stopped at the intersection, when the tractor-trailer behind it failed to stop in time and rear-ended the first, according to state police.