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One dead in DUI on Interstate 81 in Augusta County

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interstate 81Virginia State Police J.S. Martin is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Augusta County. The crash occurred Sunday at 4:55 a.m., on Interstate 81 near the 215 mile marker.

A 2016 Toyota Tundra was traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-81 when it struck head-on a northbound 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan.

The driver of the VW, Gina Hoang, 59, of Christiansburg, Va., died at the scene. She was wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the Toyota, Christopher S. Diehl, 31, of Fishersville, Va., was not injured in the crash. He was wearing a seatbelt.

Diehl has been charged with DUI and aggravated involuntary manslaughter. He is being held at Middle River Regional Jail in Staunton, Va.

The crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the Appomattox Division Crash Reconstruction Team. Trooper Martin is also still in the process of determining how and where Diehl got into the northbound lanes of I-81.

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