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Victim identified in deadly Giles County crash

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59News has confirmed the name of the victim in a crash that happened on U.S. Route 460 on Thursday, Jan. 24.  Officials said the woman was Phyllis Marie Cumbee.

State Police also tell 59News that J.C. Reynolds, a Virginia State Trooper, was injured in the accident that happened in Giles County.  He was taken to Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital.

Investigators said a truck pulled into the path of the trooper's cruiser near Pembroke just after 8 a.m. on Thursday.  Cumbee was declared dead at the scene.

Trooper Reynolds has what Virginia State Police are calling "non-life threatening injuries."

The accident is still under investigation.