The Virginia State Police are continuing to investigate a multi-vehicle crash that occurred in Stafford on Sunday, February 23 at 4:01 p.m. in the Northbound lanes at the 137-mile marker. The crash resulted in five injuries.
More information from a Virginia State Police release:
A tractor-trailer is traveling in the northbound lanes of I-95, when it brakes suddenly and swerves to the left to avoid slowed and stopped traffic ahead of it in the northbound lanes. As the driver tries to avoid striking vehicles, it ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a guardrail. The tractor-trailer then came back into the roadway and struck several vehicles causing a chain reaction that ultimately involved a total of seven vehicles being involved.
A total of five individuals in seven vehicles were injured. Two were treated at the scene by medical personnel and 3three were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment for injuries sustained in the crash.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Dwight Deon Smith, 53, of Elizabethtown, NC, was not injured. He was charged with reckless driving by Trooper H. Jamie who investigated the crash..
Northbound lanes of I-95 were re-opened by 5:21 p.m.
