TAZEWELL, VA : A single-vehicle crash in Tazewell County on May, Monday 1st 2017

A single-vehicle crash in Tazewell County claimed the life of a Cedar Bluff man, state police said Monday.

The crash occurred Sunday at 10:25 p.m., on Route 19, approximately 300 feet north of Route 639. Virginia State Police Senior Trooper S.K. Tucker is investigating the single-vehicle crash, according to Corinne N. Geller, public relations director for the Virginia State Police.

Geller said a 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck was traveling north on Route 19, when it ran off the left side of the highway. The vehicle overcorrected, crossed back over Route 19, and ran off the right side of the highway. The pickup then overturned.

Geller said the driver, Anthony K. Boardwine, 33, of Cedar Bluff, Va., was ejected from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

Boardwine was transported to Tazewell Community Hospital, where he died from injuries sustained in the crash, according to the report by Tucker.

Geller said the cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Man dies following single-vehicle crash in Tazewell County