A Virginia Department of Transportation work truck was placing signs on the shoulder of the Route 58 bypass this morning when it was struck by a passenger vehicle.
The crash killed the driver of the passenger vehicle, whose identity has not been released, pending notification of next of kin.
The accident happened just after 8 a.m. on the bypass near Snake Creek Road in the town of Hillsville in Southwest Virginia.
According to Virginia State Police, a VDOT work truck was parked partially in the left lane, getting ready to place work signs on the left shoulder, when it was struck by the passenger vehicle. There were work signs already placed on the right shoulder.
The driver of the VDOT truck was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.
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