HENRY COUNTY, Va. (rbs news now) — A pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle shortly after midnight Sunday in Henry County.

Authorities told rbs news now that emergency crews were dispatched shortly after 12 a.m. on July 26 to the intersection of Virginia Avenue and Dyer Street for the incident.

The victim was loaded into a Fieldale-Collinsville Volunteer Rescue Squad ambulance and transported to Stanleytown Elementary School, where the Bassett Volunteer Fire Department established a landing zone for an AirLife medical helicopter.

The helicopter ultimately did not transport the patient.

Instead, the flight crew rode with the patient in the back of the Fieldale-Collinsville Volunteer Rescue Squad ambulance to Sovah Health in Martinsville.

Other responding agencies included the Collinsville Volunteer Fire Department, Henry County Sheriff’s Office, and Henry County Department of Public Safety.

Virginia State Police is investigating the crash.

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