40-year-old woman dead after Carroll County crash

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Virginia State Police is investigating a crash that left a 40-year-old woman dead in Carroll County Tuesday morning.

According to police, the single-vehicle crash occurred at 7:40 a.m. on Route 97 (Pipers Gap Road) in Carroll County.

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We’re told a 2010 Hyundai Elantra was heading westbound on Route 97, near Crooked Creek Road, when the vehicle crossed the centerline, went off of the road, and struck a tree.

VSP said the driver of the Elantra, 40-year-old Martha Crocket of Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, died at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation, authorities said.


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