19-year-old dies in I-81 crash in Roanoke County
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A 19-year-old man was killed in a crash on I-81 in Roanoke County on Sunday, according to Virginia State Police.
Authorities say that at about 2 a.m., 19-year-old Tyler Cole Williams, of Vinton, was stopped on the right side of Interstate 81 near Wildwood Road when he was hit by a 2018 Ford F-350.
He was transported to Lewis Gale Medical Center, where he later died.
The crash is still under investigation.
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