AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that happened over the weekend in Augusta County. 

According to VSP spokesperson Matthew Demlein, the crash happened around 3:30 pm on Saturday, April 13. Mackenzie G. Conner, 16, of Stuarts Draft, was taken to UVA Hospital, where she died a short time later. 

“A 1994 GMC 1500 was traveling in the 5100 block of Coal Road, which is a two-lane gravel road, when it went off the road to the right, overcorrected, went off to the left side of the road, overcorrected, and then became airborne,” Demlein said.  “The GMC then struck a tree.”

Demlein added that Conner was ejected from the vehicle.