AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) – Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal single vehicle crash that occurred yesterday, March 12, 2025, at approximately 9:53 p.m. in the 200 block of Folly Mills Road in Augusta County.

A 2005 Subaru Forester was travelling westbound on Folly Mills Road when it went off of the right side of the road, struck a culvert and then a tree.

A passenger in the vehicle, William D. Garland, 69, of Staunton, VA, died at the scene. Garland was wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the Forester, Wendy K. Halterman, 55, of Staunton, VA, suffered serious injuries and was flown to UVA Medical Center. Halterman was also wearing a seatbelt.

The crash remains under investigation.