AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va – Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened Thursday afternoon in Augusta County.

Spokesperson Shelby Crouch reported that just after four o’clock a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle was traveling south on U-S Route 340 when the driver lost control near the intersection of Route 905.

As the motorcycle and driver slid across the roadway, the driver became separated from the bike and entered the northbound lanes where he was struck by a 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe.

The driver of the motorcycle, 20-year-old Derek Zayas Serrano of Waynesboro, was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later.

The driver of the Tahoe, 72-year-old Larry Herring of Elkton, was hot hurt in the crash.