NUMEROUS TRUCK
AND CAR CRASHES IN VIRGINIA. STORM SLICKENS VA. ROADS, TROOPERS SENT TO 500
WRECKS
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Police have been working numerous crashes (85
as of 8:00 a.m.) on Interstates 64, 95, 288, 295 and 85 due to
icy road conditions.
Chesterfield Police said that they have responded to 56
crashes since 3:00 a.m.
Virginia State Police report 344 wrecks across the state
due to roads slickened by a winter storm.
State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says most of the
crashes did not involve injuries, but troopers are investigating one fatal
crash that happened about 2 a.m. on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County.
More than 160 of the crashes occurred in the Richmond
metro area.
In the Chesapeake Division, troopers were called to 42
crashes.
The Appomattox Division reported 77 crashes, while the
Salem Division had 40.