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State police investigating fatal crash in Pittsylvania County

Virginia State Police car on highway (WSLS 10)

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash. The crash occurred Saturday at 7:46 p.m. on Route 29, about two-tenths of a mile south of Route 863 in Pittsylvania County.

A 2001 Ford Explorer was traveling north on Route 29 when the vehicle ran off the left side of the roadway, overturned in the median, and stopped in the southbound lanes.

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The driver, 26-year-old Samuel C. Pickral, of Hurt, Virginia, was not wearing his seatbelt and was taken to the hospital for injuries in the crash. The passenger, 24-year-old Arriana Wyatt, of Hurt, Virginia, was not wearing her seatbelt and died at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.