2-car crash kills Montpelier woman

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The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 47-yearold Montpelier woman in a two-car crash.

On Monday, March 20, at approximately 11:27 a.m., deputies responded to the intersection of Ashland and Cauthorne roads for a twovehicle crash.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2009 Ford Escape was traveling north on Cauthorne Road when it approached the intersection with Ashland Road. The driver of the Ford Escape then turned left onto Ashland Road when the vehicle was struck on its driver’s side by a 1998 Freightliner dump truck.

The driver and sole occupant of the 2009 Ford Escape, Tiffany Harris Wyatt, 47, of Montpelier, was pronounced deceased at the scene by Hanover Fire-EMS.

The driver of the Freightliner received minor injuries.

Investigators are still collecting information to determine the circumstances that led to this crash.

The sheriff’s office extended its deepest condolences to the family of Tiffany Harris Wyatt during this difficult time.

Information submitted by Lt. James R. Cooper, Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer.