NEWPORT NEWS, VA : Tractor-trailer crash fire causes total lane closure on Thursday, 22nd June 2023

Virginia State Police officers are at the scene of a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 64 in which the vehicle burst into flames in Newport News.

Around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 22, state troopers were called to I-64 eastbound near the Jefferson Avenue exit.

According to police, a tractor-trailer overturned and became “jack-knifed” before becoming fully engulfed in flames and smoke.

Newport News Fire and Rescue responded to the scene. Police said the fire was caused by the tractor-trailer’s fuel tank igniting in the crash.


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