Laurie Pickeral Chitwood of Moneta has passed away. She died on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 in a vehicle crash that on U.S. 220.
Laurie Chitwood was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
According to report, Laurie was driving a 2010 Mini Cooper south on U.S. 220, one mile south of Virginia 635 in Rocky Mount when the vehicle struck a 2004 Volvo pulling a flat bed trailer, behind it while it was making a right turn into a parking lot.
The accident that claimed the life of Pickeral Chitwood happened on Tuesday just after 9 p.m. Preliminary investigation indicates Chitwood was wearing her seat belt. The crash remains under investigation.