Two people died after an accident occurred on Monday night at the intersection of Route 340/Stuarts Draft Highway and Kindig Road in Augusta County, Virginia.
A 2013 Ford Focus ST was traveling south at a high rate of speed around 9:30 p.m. when it hit head-on a 2011 Honda Pilot that was turning left from the northbound lane of Route 340 onto Kindig Road, according to Virginia State Police.
The impact of the crash caused the Ford Focus to run off the road, strike an embankment and overturn some times.
The driver of the Ford was admitted to Augusta Health, where he succumbed to his injuries. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.
The female driver of the Honda was taken to Augusta Health.
The crash remains under investigation and it is yet to be known what led to the crash.
