Tractor trailer crash on I-64 sends person to hospital, causes traffic back-up
Published: Apr. 26, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A crash along Interstate 64 early Tuesday, April 26, sent one person to the hospital and backed up traffic for miles.
Emergency responders with Albemarle County were called out to the westbound side near mile marker 124 around 8:15 a.m. A tractor trailer had overturned, spilling corn onto the roadway.
Traffic was rerouted through Charlottesville and back onto I-64 as crews worked the scene. VDOT tweeted shortly before 11 a.m. that one westbound lane was still closed, as well as the entrance ramp.
VDOT announced that the ramp and westbound lanes were opened shortly before 2 p.m.
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