HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA — A tractor-trailer driver hauling milk died Sunday morning after their truck ran off Interstate 295, struck a disabled vehicle on the shoulder, crashed through a guardrail, and hit multiple trees.
Virginia State Police responded at approximately 4:49 a.m. on April 5 to the crash on I-295 near the Pocahontas Parkway exit in Henrico County, near mile marker 27 just past La France Road. The northbound tractor-trailer ran off the right side of the road and struck an unoccupied disabled vehicle on the shoulder. The truck then continued forward, broke through the guardrail, and hit multiple trees.
Virginia State Police
Henrico Fire and Rescue crews pronounced the driver dead at the scene. Authorities have not yet released the driver’s name. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Virginia State Police.
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