WHSV - Community - Headlines

Crash Closes Multiple Lanes on I-81 S at MM279

Print
By: Newsroom Email
Posted: Mon 11:28 AM, Dec 03, 2012

SHENANDOAH COUNTY-- A traffic crash involving a tractor trailer has closed multiple lanes of I-81 at MM279.

As of 10:50 a.m. Monday, southbound lanes on I-81 are still closed in that area.

Virginia State Police say a tractor-trailer hit part of a bridge and caught fire near Edinburg. Troopers say the driver lost control for unknown reasons, hit a guard rail and then hit the side of the bridge.

The truck driver, Rickie Robinson, did not suffer any injuries, but he has been charged with reckless driving.


WHSV-TV3
50 North Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 540-433-9191 - Switchboard 540-433- 4028 - Fax 540-433-2700 - News Fax
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 181812311