Warrenton, VA : Berryville woman has died after a morning crash on Interstate 66 on Wednesday, November, 15th 2017

A Berryville woman has died after a Wednesday morning crash on Interstate 66 near The Plains.

State police say a Ford Focus and a Ford F-350 pickup truck pulling a trailer were both stopped on the right shoulder in the westbound lanes of I-66 near the 36 mile marker when the crash occurred. The pickup truck’s trailer had blown a tire, so it had pulled off the highway. It’s still unknown why the Ford Focus was stopped.

At the time of the wreck, the Ford Focus began backing down the shoulder and, while backing up, drifted into the westbound travel lane, said state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller. A box truck traveling in that westbound travel lane was unable to avoid the Ford Focus and struck it in the rear.

The impact caused the Ford Focus to run into the guardrail off the right shoulder and the box truck to strike the Ford F-350 pickup truck. The box truck then overturned in the westbound travel lanes, Geller said.

The Ford Focus driver, Judy C. Ravenscroft, 52, of Berryville, was flown to Fairfax Inova Hospital, where she died later Wednesday morning, Geller said. She was wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the box truck, a 55-year-old Dumfries man, suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

No one in the Ford pickup truck was injured.

The crash closed all lanes of I-66 between Haymarket and The Plains for more than an hour Wednesday morning.

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Berryville woman dies following crash on Interstate 66