EAGLE ROCK (WSLS 10) - Two people killed in an accident on Route 220 in Botetourt County were identified by state police Tuesday evening.
State police said 26-year-old Justin T. Brandt and 21-year-old Ronald D. Puller, III, both of Clifton Forge, died at the scene. Both were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
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Jason Ferguson with Botetourt County Fire-EMS said the head-on collision happened around 12:43 Tuesday afternoon in the 14000 block of Botetourt Road/Route 220 - a narrow, two-lane stretch of road.
VSP said Brandt was driving a 1992 Mazda Protégé south on Route 220 when a northbound 2000 Ford Mustang crossed the center line and hit Brandt head-on. The Ford was driven by 27-year-old Kelly Ann Peters of Millboro. She was wearing her seat belt and was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital by Lifeguard 10.
Virginia State Police Accident Reconstruction Team was called to assist. The crash remains under investigation and charges were pending.
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Ferguson said the two deaths are the fifth and sixth fatalities in the county in the last 7 days. Two were killed in a crash Thursday, one person died in a boating accident on the James River and another person died from apparent suicide.