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One person dead after crash in Surry County, driver charged

A car crash on Colonial Trail East killed one person Tuesday afternoon. A driver has been charged with reckless driving.
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SURRY COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police investigated a crash in Surry County that killed one person.

State Troopers were called to Colonial Trail East at Bacon's Castle Trail to investigate a car crash around 4 p.m. Tuesday.

They said the crash killed one person and that a Kilmarnock man was charged.

Police said a 2008 Kenworth tractor trailer was going eastbound on Colonial Trail when the driver drifted into the westbound lanes and hit the driver's side of a 2014 Hyundai Genesis.

George Linwood Fauntleroy, 40, was driving the Hyundai and died on impact.

Police said 33-year-old Isaiah Nehemiah Hicks was driving the tractor trailer. He was charged with reckless driving and failure to maintain proper control of the vehicle.

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