Meherrin woman, Katherine C. Hobgood, has been named as the victim in a fatal Highway 15/501 crash in Virginia.

Hobgood, 68, was killed when her SUV collided head-on with a Cumberland County school bus on Route 15 near County Road 701, Farmville.

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“A 2014 Chevrolet Captiva was traveling south on Route 15 when it crossed the center line and struck a northbound school bus head-on,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said. “The male driver of the school bus was transported to Southside Community Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. He was wearing a seat belt. There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the crash.” source

Ms. Hobgood was wearing a seat belt, police said.

The crash, which was reported Tuesday May 15, 2018, at 4:58 p.m., remained under investigation.