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. Med Flight helicopter personnel were also called to the scene and airlifted two people to a hospital for serious injuries.
Virginia State Police confirmed that five children, between 1 and 8 years old, were all injured and had to go to the hospital.
Police identified the van driver as 39-year-old Harikanth Gaddam of Fuquay Varina, North Carolina.
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