HAMPTON, VA – Virginia State Police are investigating the details behind a multi-vehicle crash involving a trash truck on I-64 West Monday. Police received a call after 2:45 a.m. to head on the westbound lanes near Mercury Boulevard, according to WAVY. The details behind the multi-vehicle crash remain scarce. However, based on what officials know […]
RURAL RETREAT, VA – Thirteen people were injured, and a van driver was charged with reckless driving after a crash involving a big rig last Saturday, May 24. According to WDBJ7, the van driver had crashed into the big rig on I-81 South. The crash happened before 9:30 a.m. on the outskirts of Rural Retreat. […]
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – Virginia State Police are investigating the details behind a tractor-trailer accident that happened on I-295 North Wednesday. According to WRIC, the tractor-trailer appeared to have jackknifed before the cab had gone over the edge and struck a bridge. The impact of the collision also caused fuel to spill from the truck. […]
BUCHANAN, VA – Two people lost their lives, and one person was hospitalized after a rear-end crash between a Mercedes Benz car and a semi-truck Thursday. WDJB7 said the driver of the Mercedes was driving on I-81 at mile marker 166 when they drifted off their lane and crashed into a disabled semi-truck on the […]
FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA – Virginia State Police were summoned to the scene of a crash that involved a truck with a trailer and a school bus Friday afternoon. WDJB7 said officials arrived at the accident scene after 2 p.m. Officers learned the bus was owned by Roanoke City Public Schools, which offers “alternative transportation” to […]
SUFFOLK, VA – Suffolk Fire & Rescue crews extinguished the flames from an overturned trash truck on Bridge Road Friday, 13NewsNow reports. First responders said the truck operator was driving on I-664 North when one of their tires came undone. This caused the driver to then lose control of their truck and plow into a […]
GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VA – A 51-year-old man from Amelia died after a fallen tree hit his semi-truck while he was driving on I-64 East Wednesday. According to 12onyourside, the man lost control of his truck once the tree fell, causing him to drift off the road and crash into a wooded area. The debris from […]
ROANOKE, VA – Roanoke County police were summoned to the scene of a collision on Plantation Road involving a big rig and a pedestrian last Monday, April 7. Officers told WDBJ7 that the crash had taken place between Williamson Road and Robertson Lane and left crews no choice but to shut down the area for […]
ONLEY, VA – An ambulance with activated sirens overturned after colliding with a Perdue big rig at the intersection of southbound Route 13 and Market Street Tuesday. Virginia State Police told WBOC that the Bloxom, VA, ambulance was responding to an emergency call. The tractor-trailer was stopped at a red light and did not move […]
NEAR VIENNA, VA – One person was sent to a hospital, and a semi-truck caught on fire after a crash involving a red sedan on I-66 just before Nutley Street Monday. Fairfax County fire crews were summoned to the scene before 1:15 p.m., according to FFXNow. After arriving, firefighters shut down all westbound lanes. Crews […]