A Danville woman is dead after a two-vehicle wreck Tuesday afternoon on Honey Road in Pittsylvania County.Â
Linda Larue Carter, 56, died following a head-on crash between a 2011 Mazda CX-9 and a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Carter.Â
The crash occurred at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday on Honey Road, about three-tenths of a mile south of Golf Club Road, a news release from the Virginia State Police stated.
The Mazda was traveling south and left of center when it struck the Cobalt head-on, state police reported. The driver of the Mazda, 40-year-old Amanda G. Lewis, was transported to Sovah Health-Danville for her injuries. She was wearing her seat belt during the crash.
A 6-year-old girl, who was securely fastened in her car seat in the Mazda, was also injured and transported to Sovah Health-Danville for non-life-threatening injuries.Â
Carter, who was also wearing her seat belt, was transported to Sovah Health-Danville, where she later died.Â
Charges are pending in the crash, which remains under investigation.Â
The Virginia State Police Crash Reconstruction Team was called to help with the incident. Â
This marks the second fatal crash in a week in Pittsylvania County. A 62-year-old Penhook man, Ronald Lee David, died following a head-on crash Saturday afternoon in Pittsylvania County. Virginia State Police troopers responded to the two-vehicle collision at about 3:10 p.m. Saturday on Va. 40 near Va. 888.
