State Police are investigating a deadly accident in Bath County.
It happened around 11:00 a.m. Monday on Route 39, just east of Route 630.
Police say Joseph Bencill fell asleep behind the wheel of his pick-up truck, ran off the road and hit several trees.
The passenger in his truck, 24-year-old Nathan Heartless of Lexington died at the scene.
We're told Heartless was not wearing a seat belt.
There is no word on the driver's condition.
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