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Harrisonburg: One man dead, second injured in Waterman Drive crash overnight

Crystal Graham
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A 40-year-old Harrisonburg man is dead after he crashed his truck into a veterinary building at 3 a.m. this morning.

Jeremy Grear was ejected from the truck and pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, whose name has not been released, was extracted from the vehicle and transported to Rockingham Memorial Hospital. His condition is unknown at this time.

Harrisonburg Police Department responding officers found the truck after responding to a commercial alarm at Best Veterinary Services on Waterman Drive at 3 a.m.

As officers were checking the premises, they found a Ford F-150 truck on its side that had crashed into the building, triggering the alarm.

The investigation is currently ongoing.

The HPD accident reconstruction team and the Harrisonburg Fire Department also responded to the scene and are still collecting information to determine the exact circumstances that led to this crash.

Crystal Graham

Crystal Graham

Crystal Abbe Graham is the regional editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1999 graduate of Virginia Tech, she has worked for 25 years as a reporter and editor for several Virginia publications, written a book, and garnered more than a dozen Virginia Press Association awards for writing and graphic design. She was the co-host of "Viewpoints," a weekly TV news show, and co-host of Virginia Tonight, a nightly TV news show on PBS. Her work on "Virginia Tonight" earned her a national Telly award for excellence in television.