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 over the death of a woman out walking with her husband. 

Derek Bizzell said that it was the first time his 42-year-old wife Shaunda had joined him on his evening exercise when they were run-down by a car. 

The pair were walking the second lap of his standard loop of the neighborhood in Chesterfield, Virginia, when they saw the vehicle veer from the middle of the street towards them. 

'We walked around the curb. We could see a car coming up the middle of the street like cars always do, and then he got closer to us,' Derek Bizzell told KCRG. 

'I could see him veer. I screamed her name, and all I heard was the thump.' 

A driver has been charged with second-degree murder after intentionally slamming his car into a married couple taking an evening stroll and killing the wife

Derek Bizzell said that it was the first time his 42-year-old wife Shaunda Bizzell had joined him on his nightly walk

The pair were walking the second lap of his standard loop of the neighborhood in Chesterfield, Virginia, when they saw a car veer from the middle of the street towards them

Bizzell said he was knocked under the car, but that his wife had been thrown on top of the car.

He dialed 911 in a panic but was unable to speak due to the shock of the traumatic incident. 

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

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

'My wife was a beautiful soul, always had a pretty smile on her face, a genuine laugh, she had a love for God and family,' Bizzell said. 

'I'm a little banged up, but if I could trade places with my wife, I would,' he said. 

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

The vehicle's driver was 22-year-old Daniel N. Anderson and investigators believe he 'intentionally' slammed his vehicle into the innocent couple

The vehicle's driver was 22-year-old Daniel N. Anderson and investigators believe he 'intentionally' slammed his vehicle into the innocent couple.

According to the police, Anderson had been dialing 911 and making threats - including 'threats to shoot a school, bomb a building and assault police officers.'

Anderson was detained at the scene and is now facing several charges - including second-degree murder, malicious wounding, making threat of death or bodily injury and making threats to bomb or damage buildings. 

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