Damascus News

Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.

Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a festival parade.

Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013.

A car has driven into a crowd at a parade in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, apparently injuring several people, The Associated Press reported.

The USDA Forest Service honored bicycle patrolman Doug Goss with the 2012 National Trails Volunteer of the Year Award for outstanding service on the Virginia Creeper Trail in southwest Virginia.

The U.S. Forest Service says the temporary closure involves the Virginia Creeper Trail between Whitetop Station and Green Cove Station.