State Police say a 19-year-old died today in a crash on I-81 near Radford. Police say Joseph Perez of Roanoke, was traveling in the right lane when he was attempting to switch lanes and ran off the left side of the roadway, over corrected and then ran off the right side of the roadway striking an embankment before overturning. Perez was wearing a safety belt at the time of the crash but was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
