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Virginia State Police have charged the driver of a fatal crash on Route 288 in Chesterfield County with reckless driving. Police also identified the victim of the crash as Sharon L. Letender, 53, of Chester.

According to state police spokesperson Corinne Geller, Trooper J.T. Glasscock was called to a two-vehicle crash on Rt. 288 southbound near Lucks Lane at 5:14 p.m. Monday. Letender was driving a Dodge Ram pickup that collided with a Volkswagen sedan, and both cars slid into the median of the highway. The driver of the sedan was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Letender and two passengers in the sedan were not injured in the crash.

As Glasscock, Letender and the two passengers were standing in the median, a 2010 Honda Civic travelling south on Rt. 288 ran off the road and struck the trooper's car, Geller said. The impact caused the Civic to slide into the median and hit Glasscock, Letender and a male passenger.

Letender was thrown into a Chesterfield County firefighter and died at the scene. Glasscock and the male passenger were transported to VCU Medical Center with serious injuries. Both are still being treated at the hospital, Geller said. The firefighter was taken to St. Francis Medical Center with minor injuries.