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One person is dead and Virginia State Police (VSP) are investigating what caused a single car accident that took place Friday in Cumberland. According to VSP officials, the incident took place at 6 p.m. on Cartersville Road, near the intersection with Clinton Road in Cumberland County. 

A 1995 S10 Pickup was heading northbound on Cartersville Road when it went off of the left side of the road and struck a fence. The vehicle then came to rest in a field.

The driver of the truck, 52-year-old Cartersville resident Dennis W. Rice, died at the scene.  He was not wearing a seatbelt.