8/21/23

Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal crash over the weekend in Madison County that claimed the life of three visitors to the state.
Sergeant Brent Coffey reports that the crash happened at 6 o’clock Friday night along James Madison Highway. He said a 2016 G-M-C Yukon was traveling northbound when it ran off the right side of the road and collided with a tree.
Coffey said the driver, 74-year-old Norman Hoover of Bullock, North Carolina, died at the scene. Two male passengers, a 34-year-old and 26-year-old from eastern North Carolina, also died on site.
Coffey said a 24-year-old male passenger survived the accident and was flown to U-V-A Medical Center with serious injuries.