A hidden sand shoal off the Outer Banks is blamed for the death of a Virginia woman yesterday. The victim was identified as 29-year-old Brandi A. Lash of Round Hill, Virginia, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Lash was killed around 2 p.m. Monday near the Ocracoke ferry terminal on Ocracoke Island, officials said in a news release. Lash was ejected from the vessel and then run over by the same vessel. She died as a result of her injuries.
