Police release name of woman who died in Virginia crash

VIRGINIA — Police released the name of the 35-year-old woman who died in a crash Friday afternoon.

Tara Marie Schumacker, of Eveleth, was taken to a hospital but later pronounced dead, the Virginia Police Department reported in a news release Wednesday.

According to the police department, officers were dispatched at 2:48 p.m. to North Minnesota Highway 135, just east of Laurentian Manor Apartments. Schumacker was traveling north on the 600 block when the crash occurred.

Eyewitnesses reported that Schumacker’s vehicle swerved into the oncoming lane of traffic and struck two vehicles in the southbound lane.

Schumacker, who was found unresponsive and not breathing, was extricated from the vehicle. A Virginia ambulance crew initiated lifesaving measures and transported her to Essentia Health-Virginia, but they were unable to revive her, the news release said.

Drivers of the two other vehicles suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash is under investigation.

This story was updated at 2:27 p.m. Sept. 10 with name of the victim and other details. It was originally posted at 8:22 p.m. Sept. 5.

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