BLACKSBURG, Va. – UPDATE
The driver who was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Blacksburg early Saturday morning was a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, according to Virginia Tech Police.
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Authorities have identified the victim as David Gudiel, of Springfield, Virginia, and say he was a junior majoring in robotics and mechatronics in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.
We’re told there were no other passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Authorities said the incident is an ongoing investigation.
Research Center Driver was closed to traffic following the crash but has since reopened.
ORIGINAL STORY
Virginia Tech Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left one person dead Saturday morning.
Authorities said Virginia Tech Police and Blacksburg Police responded at 3:40 a.m. to the crash on Research Center Drive near Pratt Drive.
We’re told arriving officers found one person, believed to be the driver, on the scene but out of the vehicle. Life-saving measures were immediately initiated by emergency personnel but were unsuccessful, according to authorities.
Police said the individual was pronounced dead at the scene, and there were no other individuals in the car.
The name of the individual has not been released at this time.
The crash is being investigated by the Virginia Tech Police Crash Investigation Team. As of 11:20 a.m., Research Center Drive has reopened.
