A Stephens City man was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash on Carrico Mills Road (Va. 669) in Culpeper County, according to a Virginia State Police media release.

Luis F. Barrera y Barrera, 44, was driving a 2007 Mitsubishi FM61F westbound at 3:29 p.m. when the truck went slightly off the right side of the road, struck a gravel driveway, came back onto the road, then crossed the centerline and struck a sign and a tree, the release states.

Barrera y Barrera died at the scene, according to the release. He was not wearing a seat belt.

A passenger, Fernando Suarez Ruiz, 58, suffered minor injuries. He was wearing a seat belt.

The crash remains under investigation.

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