HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A tractor-trailer driver is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 295 in Henrico early Sunday morning.
On Sunday, April 5, at 4:49 a.m., Virginia State Police (VSP) responded to a tractor-trailer crash on I-295 near the Pocahontas Parkway exit in Henrico.
The preliminary investigation has indicated that a tractor-trailer, transporting milk, was driving north when it ran off the right side of the road and hit a disabled, unoccupied vehicle on the shoulder.
The tractor-trailer continued driving, where it then went through the guard rail and struck multiple trees.
Henrico Fire and Rescue crews pronounced the driver dead at the scene.
VSP officials stated that the crash is under investigation.