VERONA, Va – (WSVA) Virginia State Police continue to investigate a fatal crash in Augusta County.

Spokesperson Corrine Geller reported that the crash occurred shportly before 3:30 pm Monday on Interstate 81 at mile marker 227.

A 2013 Honda CRV was traveling north on I-81 when it ran off the right side of the interstate, went down an embankment and struck a tree.

The driver, 86-year-old Franklin Schrader of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

Meanwhile, a passenger, Sherian K. Angeli, also of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, died at the scene.

Geller stated that both were seat belts.