32 year old Delaware woman identified as victim in fatal accident on Causeway

According to Sgt. Michelle Anaya of the Virginia State Police,  a Delaware woman died following a head-on collision crash with a commuter bus on the Chincoteague Causeway Monday morning. 

A 2019 StarTransit Commuter Bus was traveling westbound on a Chincoteague Causeway leaving Chincoteague Island around 7:20 a.m. Monday when another vehicle traveling eastbound drove into the westbound lanes.

The other vehicle, a 2015 Kia Sorento, drove into the path of the bus, state police say. The driver and sole occupant of the bus tried to swerve into the grassy median to avoid the collision.

Upon impact,the bus overturned on its passenger side and came to rest off the roadway. The driver of the bus suffered non life-threatening injuries and was sent to a local hospital for treatment.

The other driver, later identified as 32-year-old Ashley Renee Pennell, was ejected from her vehicle following the impact and died at the scene.

State Police Pennell was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The crash is still under investigation.

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