Two workers with a highway maintenance crew were struck and killed by a dump truck while working on Route 11 in Augusta County on Tuesday.
The two workers, Felimon V. Aizpuro II, 38, of Staunton, Va., and Debbie S. Huffman, 50, of Port Republic, Va., both died at the scene, according to the Virginia State Police.
The accident was reported at 3;33 p.m. Tuesday. The accident scene was on Route 11 approximately 100 feet north of Route 340 north of Greenville.
A highway work zone was operating in the left southbound lane of Route 11 Tuesday afternoon. As a dump truck began backing up to drop its load of asphalt, two workers with the highway maintenance crew were struck.
The driver of the truck, a 60-year-old Staunton, Va., man, has not been charged in the incident.
The Virginia State Police Appomattox Division Crash Reconstruction Team and Virginia State Police Motor Carrier Safety Team also responded to the scene to assist with the crash investigation, which remains ongoing at this time.
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