CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA : 1 injured after tractor-trailer crashes at southbound I-95 at the 56-mile marker, two miles south of Woods Edge Road on Friday, 5th July 2019

A tractor-trailer crashed into the woods and an SUV overturned after a collision on Interstate 95 south in Chesterfield County Friday morning.

At approximately, 10:56 a.m., Virginia State Police responded to the crash at southbound I-95 at the 56-mile marker, two miles south of Woods Edge Road.

“The trooper’s preliminary investigation reveals that a Buick SUV was traveling southbound I-95 in the right lane of travel and struck debris in the roadway forcing the SUV to lose control,” said a state police spokesperson. “The SUV then struck a tractor-trailer traveling southbound. The SUV overturned and the tractor-trailer veered off-road right into the woods.”

Police say the crash caused the tractor-trailer to sustain a fuel leak.

The adult male driver of the SUV was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. A juvenile passenger was checked out at the scene and did not suffer any injuries.

The tractor-trailer driver was not injured in the crash.

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