SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — A fatal two-vehicle crash is under investigation in Sussex County.
Virginia State Police said in a news release troopers were called to the scene at Route 40 and Interstate 95 just before 12:15 p.m.
Officials say a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier was attempting to exit onto Rt. 40 from southbound I-95, when 66-year-old Verna Elizabeth Hill of Wakefield, ran the stop sign at the bottom of the ramp and was struck by a 2017 Volvo dump truck that was traveling westbound on Rt. 40.
Hill died upon impact, and a passenger, 61-year-old Linda Ann Ellis of Wakefield, was transported to Southside Regional Hospital where she later died from her injuries. The driver of the dump sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Police say neither speed or alcohol were factors in this accident.
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