All northbound lanes of Interstate 81 were closed beginning at mile maker 227 following a fiery tractor-trailer crash in Augusta County.
Virginia State Police said the crash took place at about 4:35 p.m. on June 7.
Police said a portion of the tractor-trailer went “in the water and the other portion caught fire on the interstate northbound at the 228-mile marker.”
One injury was reported.
The Virginia Department of Transportation said all northbound lanes of I-81 were closed following the crash at mile marker 227.9 near Verona in Augusta County.
At 7:15 p.m., VDOT reported that traffic backups in the northbound lanes were approximately three miles. Traffic backups on I-81 south were approximately one mile. Traffic was being detoured at Exit 227 northbound, and the northbound 227 on-ramp was closed.
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