LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police is investigating after they say one person was killed and four more were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Louisa County.
Shortly before 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3, state troopers were called to investigate a two-vehicle crash on James Madison Highway near East Jack Jouett Road.
According to police, a 2018 Chevrolet Traverse SUV was driving on James Madison Highway when the driver — identified as 32-year-old Smantha Chisholm of Louisa County — lost control in the wet conditions.
Police said Chisholm overcorrected and the SUV spun into opposing traffic on James Madison Highway, resulting in a collision with a 2006 white Chevrolet work van that was traveling in the opposite direction.
Chisholm died at the scene due to her injuries. Two juvenile passengers inside the SUV had non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The driver of the work van, a 34-year-old man, and his passenger, a 31-year-old man from Charlottesville, were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Everyone involved in the crash were wearing seatbelts, according to police.
The crash remains under investigation by Virginia State Police.
