FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA. (THECOUNT) — Brittany N. Henritze, and David F. Nash II, have been identified as the victims in a double-fatal crash in Gills Creek on Monday.
Henritze, 25, and Nash II, 32, died in a two-vehicle wreck in Franklin County on Monday after Volkswagen Jetta driver, Henritze, attempted to make a left turn onto Booker T. Washington Highway from Hardy Road and collided with a southbound Toyota pickup truck, State police said in a report.
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The pickup truck was unable to stop in time and broadsided the Jetta.
Nash was seated in the Jetta’s backseat.
A front-seat passenger and her 3-year-old daughter were transported to an area hospital in serious but not life-threatening condition, state police said.
Henritze and Nash were pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries consistent with the violent crash.
All adult victims were wearing seat belts at the time of the violent crash.
The driver of the pickup truck, an unidentified 28-year-old from Rocky Mount, was treated for minor injuries at the scene.
The 3-year-old was not in a child safety seat, police said. source
No one was cited at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
Anyone with possible information on the crash should contact police at 911.
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,159. Its county seat is Rocky Mount. Franklin County is part of the Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia, according to Wikipedia.