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 […]
AFTON, VA – The Albemarle County police are investigating the details behind what led a big rig to crash and spill several pills of corn kernels last Wednesday. The collision happened before 10:30 a.m. on the 9000th block of Rockfish Gap Turnpike, according to 29 News. The spillage did not lead to any road closures. […]
RICHMOND, VA – A collision between an ambulance vehicle and a trash truck on Route 360 claimed one life and injured another Thursday, WRIC said. Virginia State Patrol said that just before 7 a.m., the trash truck operator had attempted to cross some lanes when they struck the ambulance. Troopers declared the ambulance operator dead […]
LOUISA, VA – A fire truck operator was left with minor injuries after their truck drifted off the 4000th block of Cross Country Road and slid down an embankment Thursday. The solo collision took place before 2:15 a.m. as the firefighter was responding to a house fire, 12 on Your Side said. First responders took […]