Upshur County Fatal Crash

Shortly before 8:00 Friday morning, DPS Troopers responded to a fatal crash on US-80, approximately 4.3 miles east of Big Sandy in Upshur County. The driver of a 2003 Toyota Sequoia was traveling east on US-80 when the vehicle drifted onto the road’s right shoulder. The driver overcorrected, came back onto the roadway, went into a side skid, and rolled. The SUV then went off the north side of the road and started flipping end over end. The driver, Dondi Young, 48, of Gilmer of was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced at the scene by Judge Manes. They transported her to Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer.